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Was the vote before or after #SusanCollins fell asleep? Also, maybe #UselessSusanCollins shouldn't have voted to push the #BigUglyBill forward and not have voted for #JusticeKavanagh and other #Trump appointees?
Senate rejects Collins amendment to support rural hospitals
by WGME Staff
Tue, July 1st 2025 at 7:18 AM"#Maine Senator Susan Collins proposed her own amendment to President Donald Trump's self-proclaimed '#BigBeautifulBill.'
"She called for doubling proposed funding for rural health care providers to $50 billion.
"Senator Collins said the change would be paid for by increasing the tax rate on the wealthy.
"Collins noted the recent string of hospital closures and the current financial strain being put on #NursingHomes.
" 'Mr. President, when these facilities close their doors, the people they serve are often left behind without access to healthcare. This amendment would help keep them open and caring for those who live in these rural communities,' Sen. Collins said.
"Politico reports the Senate ultimately voted against the amendment by a vote of 78 to 22."
#TaxTheRich #BigUglyBill #NoTaxCutsForBillionaires #MaineResists #VeryConcerned
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'People will die': #Maine nurses protest #MedicaidCuts in Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'
Aysia Reed, Tue, July 1st 2025 at 12:21 PM
PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- "Senators could vote on Tuesday on President Donald #Trump's self-proclaimed '#BigBeautifulBill,' a sweeping policy document that lawmakers have been debating all day and night.
"They are in a phase where any senator can add an amendment, known as a 'vote-a-rama.'
"While the president was hoping to see it on his desk by July 4, senators have been back and forth since the weekend.
"One of the biggest hang ups between the parties has been proposed cuts to health care and programs like Medicaid.
"Nurses from across the state will be outside of Senator Susan Collins’ district office in Portland on Tuesday to protest the proposed medical cuts under Trump’s bill.
"This is part of a nationwide effort held by the group #NationalNursesUnited, which is the nation's largest #union of registered nurses.
"New estimates from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office show nearly 12 million Americans could lose their health insurance if Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' passes.
"Medicaid provides health care coverage to the most vulnerable populations. More than one in five people in the U.S. had health care covered by Medicaid in 2023, according to National Nurses United.
"Senator #AngusKing says an analysis shows 60,000 people in Maine would lose their coverage. That's 40,000 under #Medicaid and 20,000 under the #AffordableCareAct.
"Without insurance, he says people will die because they won't have access to routine care.
" 'The idea of cutting health insurance from people is not just, 'Oh well, they just won't have coverage for their doctor’s visits.' No, people die when they don’t have health insurance. There is statistical analysis to bear that out,' said King.
#UselessSusanCollins #BigUglyBill #NoTaxCutsForBillionaires #MedicaidCuts #MaineResists #VeryConcerned #SusanCollins #USPol
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#Maine #Nurses are gathered in front of #SusanCollins' #PortlandME office... GOOD!
#UselessSusanCollins #BigUglyBill #NoTaxCutsForBillionaires #MedicaidCuts #MaineResists #VeryConcerned -
$3 billion yanked from #schools to help pay for #Trump’s tax cuts
Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims
Apr 22, 2025"The Trump administration’s decision to claw back pandemic relief funds from schools is part of the administration’s attempt to find savings in the federal budget to offset the extension of Trump’s 2017 #TaxCuts, which would 'add an estimated $4.6 trillion to the debt over the next decade...."
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#TaxTheRich #NoTaxCutsForBillionaires #FundSchoolsNotSpaceX #TrickDown #USPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpIsABully #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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Oh sure, #Trump cares about #women!!! BULLSHIT!!!!
60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts
By JESSE BEDAYN, April 21, 2025
"Moments after Daniris Espinal walked into her new apartment in Brooklyn, she prayed. In ensuing nights, she would awaken and touch the walls for reassurance — finding in them a relief that turned to tears over her morning coffee.
"Those walls were possible through a federal program that pays rent for some 60,000 families and individuals fleeing #homelessness or #DomesticViolence. Espinal was fleeing both.
"But the program, #EmergencyHousingVouchers, is running out of money — and quickly.
"Funding is expected to be used up by the end of next year, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and obtained by The Associated Press. That would leave tens of thousands across the country scrambling to pay their rent.
"It would be among the largest one-time losses of #RentalAssistance in the U.S., analysts say, and the ensuing evictions could churn these people — after several years of rebuilding their lives — back onto the street or back into abusive relationships."
#USPol #TrumpHatesWomen #TrumpHatesThePoor #TrumpHatesChildren #Unhoused #HousingForAll #NoTaxCutsForBillionaires #FuckOligarchy!
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Oppose tax cuts for billionaires! Demand an expanded social safety net that lifts from the bottom and allows all of us to thrive, not struggle to survive!
#NoTaxCutsforBillionaires #TaxtheRich #MDPPC #PoorPeoplesCampaign #MoralBudget #BreakTheSilence