As the Republicans in the Chamber and the Sprint Senate to approve the signature of President Donald Trump, a great act of a great bill, we find Americans in their own fight, studying the hundreds of pages of the bill and trying to determine how they could change their lives.
Here is a bit of what they told us:
Snap and Medicaid cuts
Tanja, who asked not to use his last name, receives benefits from Medicaid and the supplementary nutritional assistance program (SNAP), which could be reduced under the great Big Bevey Bill law.
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To try to pay the billions of the invoice in tax cuts, the Republicans of the Congress are reducing or changing the financing mechanisms for programs such as Medicaid and the supplementary nutritional assistance program (SNAP), the vital initiative of food assistance.
Tanja, who asked us not to use his last name, is in both.
Sitting in her wheelchair next to her loyal Zoe Dog, she told ABC News that she never followed such a close bill. She is living payment check to pay and cannot pay the specific foods that her doctors say she needs without completing.
Tanja: There is not much in my monthly assignment at all.
O’Brien: It really seems to live on payment payment check
Tanja: Yes, even …
O’Brien: Worse?
Tanja: Worse. Worse than that.
“The way it goes at this time, and I’m not just me, we are all scared,” he added.
The Megabill Senate version reduces agriculture programs by approximately $ 186 billion, most of which will leave Snap.
Ruben Bastell, is a laboratory technician in a hospital in the New York area, where he says that approximately four out of 10 patients are in Medicaid.
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And medical care providers also concern.
Ruben Basttell is a laboratory technician in a hospital in New York, where he says that approximately four out of 10 patients are in Medicaid, the health insurance program for low -income Americans and those with disabilities.
The current version of the budget invoice imposes new work requirements on Medicaid recipients and increases the paperwork required to verify eligibility.
It would also begin to reduce what is known as the supplier’s tax, which helps to finance state obligations with Medicaid, in 2028
Both could lead to millions less in the program and, Basttell warns, they could turn parts of the United States medical care system.
Craft: Finally, hospitals will have to close their doors.
O’Brien: What will that do to patient care in general?
Craft: Patient care? It will definitely delay it. Many patients cannot be treated.
Republicans say that these concerns are exaggerated and are causing both Medicaid to adjust more sustainable when attacking waste, fraud and abuse in both programs.
Medicaid bill is expected to cause 11.8 million Americans to lose their insurance, according to a recent analysis of the non -partisan Congress Budget office.
Classification of Green Energy Fiscal Incentives
Micah Gold-Markel has solar states in Philadelphia, which enables residents of the city center for jobs in the sun industry. He says he could have to say goodbye to half of his employees if the green energy incentives of the Biden era are gradually eliminated.
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In addition to the cuts in programs such as Medicaid and Snap to help pay the bill, the phases of the green energy incentives of the Biden era, particularly for wind and solar energy.
Micah Gold-Markel is deeply nervous about that.
His little company of Solar Philadelphia State has increased in recent years, thanks to the increase in demand due to these tax incentives. Now, you are worried that you may need to say goodbye to half of your employees if those credits are backward.
Many of his employees voted for Trump, he says, in the mandatory state of Pennsylvania. And now his works could be at stake due to his invoice.
Gold-Markel: The most difficult part of owning a business is to leave people. Without a doubt, no doubt …
O’Brien: Do you worry that you have to do that more?
Gold-Markel: (Tear) I’m really worried about that, yes.
Gold-Markel has been driving from one side to another from its warehouse to Capitol Hill, pressing against the court of green energy incentives. And although the Senate has diminished the speed with which some of the fiscal credits will be gradually eliminated, he and the others in their industry have not successfully succeeded.
“I think some [lawmakers] Think that the jobs are not real. And I don’t know, apart from coming in front of them and telling them that I was born in West Philadelphia. This is my job. I don’t know what else to tell them, and some of them still look at your face, and they just don’t believe you, “he said.
Trump taxes and accounts
Matt Caliente, a former firefighter and president of the Professional Fire Association of New Jersey, said that no overtime tax could result in “thousands of dollars” for firefighters.
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In Englewood, New Jersey, we find firefighters who, among juggling with 911 calls, are also closely watching Congress. But they are excited.
The Trump bill includes a key campaign promise: there are no federal taxes on income in extra tips and hours. And although some service workers have celebrated the portion of tips, the firefighters we met focus on their AT. They work a lot of that.
“It could be in the thousands of dollars that a firefighter could obtain. More reimbursement when he makes taxes, surely,” said Matt Caliente, former firefighter and president of the Professional Fire Association of New Jersey. The national union arm has supported the provision of extra time of the bill.
Jay O’Brien ‘of Abc News talks to Ed Zebrowski, a May Cape, New Jersey, a firefighter who said that eliminating taxes in extra time “lightens the load for his family.”
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“Certainly lightens the load for your family. Pay for things like the care of children and some breaks, a holiday,” added Ed Zebrowski, a May Cape, New Jersey, firefighter.
Another section that causes some emotion, the so -called “Trump Accounts”, investment accounts for newborns, would open with a unique federal government deposit of $ 1,000.
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, talks to ABC News.
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“[These] The initiatives are going to Main Street and America and will help everyday people to be successful, ”said Uber executive director, Dara Khosrowshahi, in a White House event.
The bill also includes a tax reduction of approximately $ 4 billion, largely by making Trump’s fiscal law in 2017 permanent before it expires. Because the law is currently in books, most Americans will largely see a change in their annual taxes due to this bill, but they will not pay anymore.
IA regulation lock
Marty Jackley, Southern Dakota Attorney General, talks to ABC News.
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Another provision buried in the bill, which was a surprise for some Republicans of the House of Representatives who say they did not read it before voting on it, is a prohibition of any state or local regulation on artificial intelligence for 10 years.
The measure would block laws in books in more than 20 states, including those who cover AI scams, erroneous information of the children’s explicit choices and images.
Marty Jackley, Southern Dakota Attorney General, said the State Legislature worked hard to approve its prohibitions in erroneous information generated by AI and is asking other Republicans in Congress to change the course.
“All that it does is prevent states from having current laws to protect our citizens against child pornography generated by AI, against electoral manipulation and consumer fraud,” he said.
Mariam Khan of ABC News, Isabella Murray, John Parkinson, Allison Pecorin, Lauren Peller, Joe Locasio and Cameron Krakowiak contributed to this report.
