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  1. What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more

    By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
    Updated 8:21 PM EDT, May 13, 2025

    WASHINGTON (AP) — "#Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of #TaxBreaks, #SpendingCuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises.

    "House committees have been laboring for months to draft the legislation, which Republicans have labeled 'THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,' a nod to Trump himself. Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing to approve the package and send it to the Senate by Memorial Day.

    "Democrats say they will fight what House party leader #HakeemJeffries calls 'this extreme and toxic bill.' "
    apnews.com/article/trump-tax-c

    #BigUglyBill #Environment #Ethics #StudentLoans #Medicaid #TaxBreaksForTheRich
    #CorporatePolluters #AirIsLife
    #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife
    #MAGADeathCult #TrumpHatesTheEnvironment
    #TrumpHatesThePoor
    #AntiLife #Greenpeace
    #Indivisible #FreePalestine
    #CREW #PeaceAndJustice
    #Corporatocracy #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #SilencingDissent
    #USPol #HR9495 #StopHR9495
    #TaxPackage #Authoritarianism
    #AuthoritarianRule
    #FightForTheFuture
    #Section112209

  2. A new report from the Institute for Government (IfG) says it is not plausible for the victorious party on 4 July to stick to current spending plans at a time when the performance of hospitals is arguably the worst in the history of the NHS, prisons are at crisis point, and councils are shutting libraries and cutting back on waste collection and social care.

    #Austerity #ToryBritain #GeneralElection #FiscalRules #SpendingCuts

    theguardian.com/business/artic