House GOP plows ahead with efforts to cut $880 billion despite internal differences

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Prohibits Medicaid funds for gender transition for minors:
51% : Elevates standard tax deduction: The measure includes some new tax cuts like temporarily elevating the standard deduction by $2,000 to $32,000 for 2025 for joint filers and by $1,000 to $16,000 through 2028.
48% : But we cannot continue down the path we've been going down - and we will need SIGNIFICANT additional changes to garner my support," he said in a post on X. Trump repeatedly promised on the campaign trail and in the White House to not cut Medicaid and he and Republicans said they'll come up with savings by cutting waste and fraud in the program.
48% : Cuts energy programs in Inflation Reduction Act: The proposal would cut Inflation Reduction Act programs like spending on electric vehicles, claw back climate-related federal funding and phase out clean energy credits.
46% : Enhanced tax deduction for seniors: Seniors would get a $4,000 higher standard tax deduction subject to income limits.
44% : Some culture war issues were addressed in the bill, including a provision to strip Medicaid funding from organizations that offer abortion services such as Planned Parenthood.
44% : Trump posted last week that the proposal shouldn't raise taxes on high-earners, "but I'm OK if they do!!!
43% : Blocks Medicaid funding for non-citizens: Federal funding would be blocked from going to states that provide health care coverage under Medicare for migrants in the country without authorization.
42% : Republicans unveiled legislative text over the weekend that outlined their plans to slash Medicaid spending by imposing work requirements for recipients, make more frequent eligibility checks, and penalize states like New York and California that offer Medicaid to illegal immigrants.
27% : The legislation has already received pushback from Republicans in the Senate who will have to go along with it, including Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times Monday warning against moves to cut Medicaid.

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