Republicans scramble to save Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' [View all]

(The Hill) Senate Republicans are scrambling to resurrect President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which stalled Thursday after Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected one of its biggest cost-cutting provisions.

The chamber’s referee ruled the Senate’s proposed cap on health care provider taxes violated the Byrd Rule, which governs what legislation can pass with a simple-majority and avoid a filibuster under budget reconciliation rules. The provision would cut hundreds of billions of dollars in federal Medicaid spending.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters his leadership team has “contingency plans” to keep the bill moving forward, even though the key piece may now fall out of the bill.

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