Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

It's a massive tax increase, about a trillion dollars for the richest 1%. And it's paid for by throwing a whole bunch of people, millions of people off their health insurance, about a trillion dollars of cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid is the program that insures 24 percent of American families. Nobody really knows it as Medicaid because it's called something different in every state.

It's a massive tax increase, about a trillion dollars for the richest 1%. And it's paid for by throwing a whole bunch of people, millions of people off their health insurance, about a trillion dollars of cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid is the program that insures 24 percent of American families. Nobody really knows it as Medicaid because it's called something different in every state.

It's a massive tax increase, about a trillion dollars for the richest 1%. And it's paid for by throwing a whole bunch of people, millions of people off their health insurance, about a trillion dollars of cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid is the program that insures 24 percent of American families. Nobody really knows it as Medicaid because it's called something different in every state.

In Connecticut, it's Husky Care. In Wisconsin, it's Badger Care. But one quarter of families are on Medicaid. So that's the spending and tax package, massive transfer of wealth from middle class to families, to the wealthy. But the reason that it looks confusing is that like everything else, these guys are just bad at governing. So there's two steps.

In Connecticut, it's Husky Care. In Wisconsin, it's Badger Care. But one quarter of families are on Medicaid. So that's the spending and tax package, massive transfer of wealth from middle class to families, to the wealthy. But the reason that it looks confusing is that like everything else, these guys are just bad at governing. So there's two steps.

In Connecticut, it's Husky Care. In Wisconsin, it's Badger Care. But one quarter of families are on Medicaid. So that's the spending and tax package, massive transfer of wealth from middle class to families, to the wealthy. But the reason that it looks confusing is that like everything else, these guys are just bad at governing. So there's two steps.

They have to pass sort of the framework and then they have to pass the final bill with all the details. They can't get the framework passed. The House passed one version, the Senate passed one version, but it didn't match. And so this week they're trying to pass a new version that matches. They're the keystone cops in the White House, but it's the same thing in Congress as well.

They have to pass sort of the framework and then they have to pass the final bill with all the details. They can't get the framework passed. The House passed one version, the Senate passed one version, but it didn't match. And so this week they're trying to pass a new version that matches. They're the keystone cops in the White House, but it's the same thing in Congress as well.

They have to pass sort of the framework and then they have to pass the final bill with all the details. They can't get the framework passed. The House passed one version, the Senate passed one version, but it didn't match. And so this week they're trying to pass a new version that matches. They're the keystone cops in the White House, but it's the same thing in Congress as well.

So it looks even more convoluted and confusing because like when they couldn't figure out how to elect a speaker in the House of Representatives and they had to try six or seven times, they're doing the same thing in the House and the Senate. But the bottom line is that they are trying to do the same thing. They just can't get agreement on the details.

So it looks even more convoluted and confusing because like when they couldn't figure out how to elect a speaker in the House of Representatives and they had to try six or seven times, they're doing the same thing in the House and the Senate. But the bottom line is that they are trying to do the same thing. They just can't get agreement on the details.

So it looks even more convoluted and confusing because like when they couldn't figure out how to elect a speaker in the House of Representatives and they had to try six or seven times, they're doing the same thing in the House and the Senate. But the bottom line is that they are trying to do the same thing. They just can't get agreement on the details.

What they're doing is massive tax cut for the wealthy. Their tax package gives about 850 times the benefit to the very wealthy as to the very poor and paid for by cuts that are going to affect regular Americans. They are trying to vote this week on another version of the framework.

What they're doing is massive tax cut for the wealthy. Their tax package gives about 850 times the benefit to the very wealthy as to the very poor and paid for by cuts that are going to affect regular Americans. They are trying to vote this week on another version of the framework.

What they're doing is massive tax cut for the wealthy. Their tax package gives about 850 times the benefit to the very wealthy as to the very poor and paid for by cuts that are going to affect regular Americans. They are trying to vote this week on another version of the framework.

but we'll see if they ever get to the final version because what they're doing is super unpopular and people out in America are rising up in protest like they did in 2017 when they tried to pass a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, which covers 20 million people.

but we'll see if they ever get to the final version because what they're doing is super unpopular and people out in America are rising up in protest like they did in 2017 when they tried to pass a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, which covers 20 million people.

but we'll see if they ever get to the final version because what they're doing is super unpopular and people out in America are rising up in protest like they did in 2017 when they tried to pass a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, which covers 20 million people.

They couldn't do it because it was so unpopular and our hope is that we can drag this out for as long as possible so that we can rise up public opposition like we did to the repeal of the Affordable Care Act so they actually never get this thing across the finish line. That's our goal.

They couldn't do it because it was so unpopular and our hope is that we can drag this out for as long as possible so that we can rise up public opposition like we did to the repeal of the Affordable Care Act so they actually never get this thing across the finish line. That's our goal.