Source: The American Prospect
by Ryan Cooper
“If there is one thing that threatens the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, it’s the fact that it blows up the budget deficit. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), it will increase borrowing by a total of $2.4 trillion by 2034, because the $1.3 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, food stamps, and other programs do not come close to canceling out $3.7 trillion in tax cuts for the rich. … A loud faction of Republican ‘deficit hawks’ are reportedly unhappy with this, not so much because of the tax cuts, but because the welfare and food aid cuts are not savage enough. But a smaller faction of Senate Republicans (perhaps scenting danger if they vote to throw millions of their own constituents off their health insurance) are wavering on the existing Medicaid cuts.” (06/12/25)
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-12-republicans-beautiful-bill-deficit-medicaid/