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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP's Josh Hawley pushes to undo the Medicaid cuts he just voted for
Two weeks after the Missouri Republican voted for the megabill with sweeping Medicaid cuts, the GOP senator unveiled a bill to undo what he did.
As Josh Hawley unveils a bill to undo the Medicaid cuts he just voted for, Iâm reminded of a St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial from last fall:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-07-16T13:01:27.687Z
âBeyond any partisan considerations, Josh Hawley is quite possibly the worst sitting senator in America right now.â www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gops-josh-hawley-pushes-undo-medicaid-cuts-just-voted-rcna219053
As NBC News reported, one of the senators who helped pass the far-right package now wants to undo at least some of the Medicaid cuts before they take effect:
.....Indeed, consider a brief timeline of recent events.
....Last fall, the editorial board of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch told readers that the Missouri Republican has an unparalleled record of demagoguery on the Senate floor, where he endlessly spews faux-populist sound and fury signifying nothing. The editors concluded, Beyond any partisan considerations, Josh Hawley is quite possibly the worst sitting senator in America right now.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a bill to reverse some of the key Medicaid provisions in the partys megabill that he voted for and Trump signed into law earlier this month. Hawley wants to double the fund to rural hospitals, from $50 billion to $100 billion, and repeal the provider tax moratorium and the future reduction of provider tax authority in the reconciliation bill, according to the text of his proposed legislation.
.....Indeed, consider a brief timeline of recent events.
June 28: Hawley criticizes his partys Medicaid cuts, declaring, I think, frankly, my party needs to do some soul-searching. If you want to be a working-class party, youve got to deliver for working-class people. You cannot take away health care from working people. And unless this is changed going forward, that is what will happen in coming years.
July 1: Hawley votes for the megabill that includes hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts, which he'd denounced three days earlier.
July 9: Hawley publicly condemns the Medicaid cuts in the legislation he supported the previous week.
July 15: Hawley introduces legislation to pare back some of the Medicaid cuts he helped pass two weeks earlier.
....Last fall, the editorial board of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch told readers that the Missouri Republican has an unparalleled record of demagoguery on the Senate floor, where he endlessly spews faux-populist sound and fury signifying nothing. The editors concluded, Beyond any partisan considerations, Josh Hawley is quite possibly the worst sitting senator in America right now.
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GOP's Josh Hawley pushes to undo the Medicaid cuts he just voted for (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 17
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Wants to have his cake and eat it too? Is he planning to run for something besides re-election?
Attilatheblond
Jul 17
#1
Just so I'm clear... he's introducing a bill....to repeal the bill... he voted for....two weeks ago?
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 18
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Attilatheblond
(7,342 posts)1. Wants to have his cake and eat it too? Is he planning to run for something besides re-election?
NCDem47
(3,075 posts)2. Sorry Josh.
You own it. No amount of backpedaling will wash the stink off. Now, will MO voters care?
LuckyLib
(7,026 posts)3. Flip floppers, one and all.
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,353 posts)4. Just so I'm clear... he's introducing a bill....to repeal the bill... he voted for....two weeks ago?
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,353 posts)5. Hawley is an idiot
