Senate Dems introduce bill aimed to bolster poverty prevention programs after Trump admin. shared budget proposal that would cut billions of dollars from entitlement programs and cause millions to lose access to benefits such as Medicaid and food stamps.
"They’re doing all kinds of things around Congress because they know Congress and the American public doesn’t buy what they’re doing on these things," Brown told NBC News."If they do these rules — literally or figuratively — in the middle of the night, as the president sends out his tweets, you know they wont get a lot of attention paid to them. That’s, in part, why Coons and I are doing this.
"The budget accomplishes that by addressing waste, fraud and abuse, protecting and expanding access to care, and strengthening the program’s finances," a senior administration official said."Under this budget, Medicare spending will still grow each and every year, by an average of 6 percent. The president’s budget extends Medicare’s solvency for the foreseeable future, for at least the next 25 years.
Even with the White House's position, Democrats had been hopeful to make their bill bipartisan. The current political tensions of Washington, however, has made it difficult for any Republicans to throw their weight behind it, Coons said. That means the bill likely has little chance to succeed in the Senate.
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