Overview

• Senate Republicans must hold a vote this week to secure 51 votes under budget reconciliation and meet their July 4 passage goal.
• The measure extends President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, cuts Medicaid spending through tighter eligibility and work requirements, and lowers the SALT deduction cap to $10,000.
• Senators Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson and other GOP members have pressed for changes to protect rural hospitals and oppose Medicaid provider tax reductions.
• The Senate parliamentarian has struck SNAP cuts and limits on judicial injunctions from the draft to ensure it complies with reconciliation rules.
• Nonpartisan polls show under 40% voter support for the bill and the CBO projects it would add about $2.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade.