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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Tax credits for low-emissions electricity sources like wind, solar, nuclear and geothermal power would be available in full only to power plants in service before the end of 2028, and then would zero out within three years.
57% : His pitch not to tax Social Security benefits takes the form of a bonus $4,000 deduction available to Americans over 65, with the benefit shrinking at higher income levels.
53% : Reductions in SNAP enrollment would also affect which public schools qualify for universal free lunch programs, which rely on the share of neighborhood families with nutrition benefits The sticking points: Some Republicans from districts with high concentrations of food stamp recipients have balked in the past at cuts to the program, and insisted on allowing states to relax work requirements, which the bill would limit their ability to do.
52% : The legislation would bar Medicaid from providing funding to Planned Parenthood as long as the organization continued to provide abortions.
51% : Taken together with policies that would affect private Obamacare coverage, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the legislation would cause 8.6 million more Americans to be uninsured at the end of a decade, while reducing federal spending on health care by more than $700 billion.
51% : The bill would also impose new "foreign entity of concern" restrictions on tax breaks for both power plants and factories that build solar panels, batteries or other low-carbon technologies by disqualifying companies that use components from China.
49% : Scaling back Medicaid The bottom line: The bill makes major changes to reduce the cost of the health insurance program for the poor and disabled.
49% : The bill would also end by 2028 a practice that allowed smaller firms with little tax liability to claim the credits and sell them for cash, making the incentives more widely accessible.
42% : It also would require states to impose co-payments for a wide array of medical services for adults on Medicaid who live above the poverty line, a policy some Democrats described as a "sick tax.
42% : Cutting education programs The bottom line: The bill would slice $330 billion out of student loan spending over a decade.
36% : Major portions of the sprawling package remain unresolved, amid Republican divisions over cuts to Medicaid and details of the tax plan, among other issues.

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