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Dulcinea

(8,503 posts)
Sat May 17, 2025, 08:51 AM May 17

House Republicans float compromise to placate warring factions: Faster Medicaid cuts and a larger SALT deduction

(NBC News) WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is exploring ways to placate two rival factions who have emerged as the biggest roadblocks in the House to a massive bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda: blue-state Republicans who want larger tax breaks for their constituents and conservatives who want Medicaid cuts to kick in sooner.

Johnson suggested to reporters Wednesday that provisions for a higher state and local tax (SALT) deduction and to enforce new Medicaid work requirements sooner could be incorporated into the final package as he stares down a self-imposed Memorial Day weekend deadline for passage.

“I am convinced that we’ll be able to adjust the dial, so to speak, so that we can come to an agreement that will meet the criteria that everybody has and that we can move this thing forward,” Johnson said after meeting with pro-SALT Republicans and hard-right Freedom Caucus members.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-float-compromise-placate-182909642.html

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House Republicans float compromise to placate warring factions: Faster Medicaid cuts and a larger SALT deduction (Original Post) Dulcinea May 17 OP
Johnson is just another Republican chucklehead Walleye May 17 #1
To be the party of Christians............... Lovie777 May 17 #2
What a bunch of demons mahina May 17 #3
it's like another DUer said Skittles May 17 #5
yes. alas. mahina May 17 #7
it is so freaking obvious Skittles May 17 #8
Sure they did Hey Joe May 17 #4
there simply is no limit to how cruel repukes can be Skittles May 17 #6
Let's make it shittier Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 #9

Walleye

(40,875 posts)
1. Johnson is just another Republican chucklehead
Sat May 17, 2025, 08:55 AM
May 17

I wonder what the collective IQ of all the Republicans and Congress comes out to. They don’t seem very smart to me. Totally motivated by money and prejudice they don’t know how to govern for shit.

Lovie777

(18,819 posts)
2. To be the party of Christians...............
Sat May 17, 2025, 09:22 AM
May 17

very few, if any, JC teachings are applied, actually it's the total opposite.

Skittles

(164,755 posts)
5. it's like another DUer said
Sat May 17, 2025, 03:35 PM
May 17

it's like two hyenas ripping at the same carcass - they only care how much flesh they can get

mahina

(19,791 posts)
7. yes. alas.
Sat May 17, 2025, 07:58 PM
May 17

Pretty good interview by Ezra Klein of journalists journalists Zack Beauchamp and Andrew Marantz discuss what kind of autocratic timeline America is on right now. Possible futures. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-marantz-beauchamp.html

Skittles

(164,755 posts)
6. there simply is no limit to how cruel repukes can be
Sat May 17, 2025, 03:36 PM
May 17

they want those tax cuts for the already wealthy and they don't give a FUCK who they have to trash to pay for it

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