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Let the vote-a-rama begin!

2025/6/30
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Rima Grace：我一直在关注参议院的预算协调方案，他们正在进行所谓的“投票马拉松”，民主党试图通过提出修正案来突出法案的组成部分并确立政治叙事。参议院通过了当前政策基线来评估法案成本，这实际上将法案的成本从接近4万亿美元降低到几乎为0，但分析师认为这是一种数字游戏。参议员Tom Tillis反对共和党的法案，认为该法案会导致大量北卡罗来纳州居民失去医疗补助，由于他公开反对该法案，特朗普威胁要对他发起主要挑战，导致Tillis决定明年不寻求连任，这对民主党有利。共和党为了抵消延长减税政策的成本，不得不削减医疗补助和其他项目。《纽约时报》对参议院共和党法案的各项内容及其成本或节省进行了详细分解，法案中的主要削减来自医疗补助、绿色能源与环境、学生贷款、食品福利、其他医疗保健和自然资源。即使参议院通过了法案，众议院和参议院也需要达成一致版本，但许多众议院共和党人对该法案的成本表示担忧。

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The Senate is undergoing a 'vote-a-rama' on the GOP's budget bill. Democrats are highlighting bill components and setting their political narrative. The Senate adopted the current policy baseline for pricing, effectively reducing the bill's cost on paper to almost $0, despite actual costs. This is considered a gimmick by many.
  • Senate vote-a-rama on GOP budget bill
  • Democrats highlighting bill components
  • Senate adopted current policy baseline for pricing
  • $4 trillion cost reduced to almost $0 on paper
  • Medicaid cuts, criticism from House Republicans

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We’ve been a bit obsessed with the GOP’s budget bill lately. And with a Senate vote expected any day now, we’re keeping a close eye on the debate. We’ll break down how the GOP is playing with the numbers to make the bill look less costly on paper than it actually is. Plus, Gen Z’s not just good at memes and TikTok, they’re better at saving for retirement than millllenials. So how’d they do it? And a mildly terrifying story with a happy ending!

Here’s everything we talked about:

“Senate Republicans reject Democrats' accounting baseline challenge)” from POLITICO

“A List of Nearly Everything in the Senate G.O.P. Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save”) from The New York Times

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