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‘One big, beautiful bill’
That’s how the President-elect describes the budget reconciliation bill that will cut from the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Social Security while raising the debt ceiling and solving immigration problems. The problem is it takes only a few representatives to vote no for the bill to fail. https://www.vox.com/politics/393593/trump-congress-budget-reconciliation-tax-energy-immigration
Republicans may blackmail California on aid
California pays $85 billion annually more into the federal government than it gets back but that doesn’t matter to Republicans who want political changes before they agree to aid following the wildfires. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/13/house-republicans-trump-wildfi…
Biden facilitates more student debt forgiveness
The key to student loan forgiveness has been enforcing existing policies and funding programs, not spending money or changing rules.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/13/biden-student-loan-debt-forgiven.html
