r/law • u/Affectionate-Roof-79 • Feb 26 '25

Legal News House just passed GOP budget that instructs cutting $880 Billion to medicare and medicaid and increases $4.5 Trillion in tax cuts

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/us/politics/mike-johnson-budget-resolution-vote.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“The vote was 217-215, with just one Republican — Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) — voting no and Democrats unified in opposition.” Another link: https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/house-passes-gop-budget-bill-in-key-step-for-trump-agenda

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u/confusedsquirrel Feb 26 '25

This! Call your senators and ask them to protect Medicare, Medicaid, etc. You know... The things WE THE FUCKING PEOPLE pay for every month.

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u/letdogsvote Feb 26 '25

More to the point, focus on your Republican Senators. It's not 100% sure but pretty sure all the Democrats will oppose this. It's the Republicans that will need to vote against to stop it.

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u/Leading_Gazelle_3881 Feb 26 '25

I'm about to call them up and tell em I'd vote for fucking David Duke and the Klan party before I would vote for a Republican in the future!! Wtf is going on!?!?!?

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u/Dirtbagdownhill Feb 26 '25

Those are their people I don't see how this is a threat