Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon Warns of GOP Spending Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP

Proposed Spending Bill and GOP Budget

• 🎯 The House is debating a federal spending bill, with Republicans proposing significant cuts to crucial programs.
• 💡 Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) is offering an amendment to HR 2753, the Handsoff Medicaid and SNAP Act, to prevent these cuts.

Republican Budgetary Proposals

• 💰 Reports indicate Republican leadership is considering trading devastating cuts to Medicaid for tax cuts benefiting billionaires.
• 📊 To fund their reconciliation bill, Republicans reportedly need to cut $880 billion from Medicaid and $230 billion from food assistance.
• ⚠️ Despite these figures, Republicans publicly claim they are not planning such cuts.

Scanlon's Amendment and Call to Action

• 🗣️ Scanlon aims to give Republicans an opportunity to prove their claims by voting on her amendment.
• ✅ The amendment seeks to ensure that devastating cuts to Medicaid and SNAP cannot advance in the House.
• 📌 Scanlon urges a "no" vote on the previous question to allow her amendment to be considered.

Contrasting House Priorities

• 🇺🇸 While Republicans are publicly focused on renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, their private agenda involves deep cuts to social programs.
• ⚖️ Scanlon highlights the discrepancy between public statements and reported private negotiations regarding budget priorities.