Richard Rubin

Yeah, or that you're seeking work or doing some sort of work-type activity if you're able-bodied. So that's part of it. There's new limits on nutrition assistance, what we call SNAP or food stamps. There's some limits on that, but that's part of the bill.

Yeah, or that you're seeking work or doing some sort of work-type activity if you're able-bodied. So that's part of it. There's new limits on nutrition assistance, what we call SNAP or food stamps. There's some limits on that, but that's part of the bill.

Republicans are talking about the tax cuts as essential. The idea of extending the tax cuts is basically non-negotiable. It's something that they really feel is imperative economically, something they need to do. The spending changes, the spending cuts are something they also feel is an imperative to turn the tide on budget deficits, to try and rein in spending.

Republicans are talking about the tax cuts as essential. The idea of extending the tax cuts is basically non-negotiable. It's something that they really feel is imperative economically, something they need to do. The spending changes, the spending cuts are something they also feel is an imperative to turn the tide on budget deficits, to try and rein in spending.

Republicans are talking about the tax cuts as essential. The idea of extending the tax cuts is basically non-negotiable. It's something that they really feel is imperative economically, something they need to do. The spending changes, the spending cuts are something they also feel is an imperative to turn the tide on budget deficits, to try and rein in spending.

Their argument is that Biden and Democrats overspend and they need to start reining that in.

Their argument is that Biden and Democrats overspend and they need to start reining that in.

Their argument is that Biden and Democrats overspend and they need to start reining that in.

So there are, I think, a few different groups of holdouts, and we'll take them in turn. One is the conservative hardline holdouts, people like Chip Roy of Texas, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Josh Burkine of Oklahoma, and Ralph Norman of South Carolina. They're concerned about spending, largely. They think that the bill doesn't do enough to rein in spending.

So there are, I think, a few different groups of holdouts, and we'll take them in turn. One is the conservative hardline holdouts, people like Chip Roy of Texas, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Josh Burkine of Oklahoma, and Ralph Norman of South Carolina. They're concerned about spending, largely. They think that the bill doesn't do enough to rein in spending.

So there are, I think, a few different groups of holdouts, and we'll take them in turn. One is the conservative hardline holdouts, people like Chip Roy of Texas, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Josh Burkine of Oklahoma, and Ralph Norman of South Carolina. They're concerned about spending, largely. They think that the bill doesn't do enough to rein in spending.

They're concerned that the work requirements for Medicaid start too late, right? That it's backloaded and that a future Congress might just come in and change that. And so they want to accelerate that probably to 2027. They're concerned that the clean energy tax breaks don't go away fast enough, right? There's sort of a ramp down.

They're concerned that the work requirements for Medicaid start too late, right? That it's backloaded and that a future Congress might just come in and change that. And so they want to accelerate that probably to 2027. They're concerned that the clean energy tax breaks don't go away fast enough, right? There's sort of a ramp down.

They're concerned that the work requirements for Medicaid start too late, right? That it's backloaded and that a future Congress might just come in and change that. And so they want to accelerate that probably to 2027. They're concerned that the clean energy tax breaks don't go away fast enough, right? There's sort of a ramp down.

And, you know, if you set a 2031 date for the final phase out of certain energy tax credits, that lobbies will come and the next Congress will come and Trump will be out of office and there will be opportunities to extend those dates further out.

And, you know, if you set a 2031 date for the final phase out of certain energy tax credits, that lobbies will come and the next Congress will come and Trump will be out of office and there will be opportunities to extend those dates further out.

And, you know, if you set a 2031 date for the final phase out of certain energy tax credits, that lobbies will come and the next Congress will come and Trump will be out of office and there will be opportunities to extend those dates further out.

Clean energy projects, though it was passed by Democrats, have largely happened in Republican districts because that's where there's open land. It tends to be more rural. So wind, solar factories tend to be... more tenable and more feasible in those places as opposed to, you know, in Manhattan.

Clean energy projects, though it was passed by Democrats, have largely happened in Republican districts because that's where there's open land. It tends to be more rural. So wind, solar factories tend to be... more tenable and more feasible in those places as opposed to, you know, in Manhattan.

Clean energy projects, though it was passed by Democrats, have largely happened in Republican districts because that's where there's open land. It tends to be more rural. So wind, solar factories tend to be... more tenable and more feasible in those places as opposed to, you know, in Manhattan.