Rep. Melanie Stansbury on GOP Budget: 'Trillions in Costs for Americans'

Late-Night Budget Vote

• 🌙 The video provides an update from the U.S. Capitol in the early hours of Thursday morning regarding a budget package pushed by Republicans.
• 🗳️ The bill, described as an "insane package," faced a final vote after being called into the rules committee late at night.

Democratic Opposition and Amendments

• 🗣️ Over 100 Democratic members of Congress showed up to fight for the American people, introducing more than 500 amendments in good faith.
• ❌ Not a single Democratic amendment was adopted by the Republicans, who held the votes to block them.

The Manager's Amendment and Bill Changes

• 📜 At the "11th hour," Republicans introduced a manager's amendment to alter the base bill, which is over a thousand pages long.
• ✂️ While Democrats debated for nearly 20 hours, Republicans reportedly cut "side deals," leading to a manager's amendment that allegedly made the bill "even worse."

Detrimental Impacts of the Budget

• 📉 The manager's amendment is said to kick more people off of Medicaid by moving up the date for doing so by two years, taking effect at the end of next year.
• 🏥 It is also expected to decimate the Affordable Care Act and affect millions of seniors' healthcare due to a $3.7 trillion deficit spending.
• 💸 The bill triggers sequestration for Medicaid, effectively cutting it by $500 billion, despite promises from Donald Trump not to touch Medicaid.
• ⛽ Additional kickbacks for oil and gas, especially natural gas permitting, are included, accelerating the rollback of clean energy and climate provisions.
• 🔫 In the final hours, the decision was made to stop taxing silencers on guns.

Redistribution of Wealth and Impact on Vulnerable Populations

• 💰 The budget is framed as benefiting Donald Trump and his friends with tax breaks for billionaires and corporations, while costing the American people trillions.
• 💔 The bill is predicted to hurt people in Stansbury's district, including those on disability whose Medicaid is impacted, seniors and veterans relying on SNAP assistance, and single mothers whose Pell grants could be affected.
• 📈 Ultimately, the bill is seen as a redistribution of wealth from the poorest Americans to the richest Americans.

Continued Fight and Accountability

• ✊ Despite not having the votes to stop the bill in the House, Democrats are committed to fighting back and holding Republicans accountable.
• 🏛️ The focus now shifts to the Senate, where the bill will be sent next, with a commitment to continue the fight for the American people.