Overview

• The law permanently enshrines President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, doubling estate and business exemptions and extending credits to service workers.
• It shifts Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program costs to states and imposes new work requirements on Medicaid recipients, threatening benefits for millions.
• Tens of billions of dollars are allocated for U.S.–Mexico border wall construction and expanded enforcement resources.
• The Congressional Budget Office projects the law will add $3.3 trillion to the federal deficit and could leave up to 12 million Americans uninsured.
• A Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds 64 percent of Americans oppose the law and some Republican senators express regret, fueling Democratic hopes for midterm gains.