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President Trump's One, Big, Beautiful Bill Embodies What Americans Voted For
RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 9 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release:
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President Trump's One, Big, Beautiful Bill Embodies What Americans Voted For
EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
* The historic One, Big, Beautiful Bill was signed into law on July 4!
* This bill embodies what President Trump ran on and what the American people voted for.
* The largest tax cuts in American history, a secured border, and putting America First.
* Every single Democrat in the House and Senate voted against the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 9 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release:
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President Trump's One, Big, Beautiful Bill Embodies What Americans Voted For
EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT VOTED AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
* The historic One, Big, Beautiful Bill was signed into law on July 4!
* This bill embodies what President Trump ran on and what the American people voted for.
* The largest tax cuts in American history, a secured border, and putting America First.
* Every single Democrat in the House and Senate voted against the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.
Democratsvoted against:
* The largest tax cut in American history.
* Providing a 15% tax cut for working Americans and increasing take home pay for families by roughly $10,000.
* Expanding the child tax credit to $2,200 for more than 40 million families.
* Passing No Tax on Tips, saving millions of workers nearly $2,000 a year.
* Cutting taxes for the average overtime worker by up to $1,750 a year.
* Slashing Taxes for seniors on Social Security.
* Modernizing and overhauling the nation's air traffic control system.
* Eliminating special tax breaks for billionaire sports team owners.
* Reducing the deficit by as much as $11.1 trillion
Americans overwhelmingly support President Trump's One, Big, Beautiful Bill.
* 82 percent of Americans support a 15% tax cut for working families.
* 81 percent of Americans support increasing the child tax credit to $2,500.
* 77 percent of Americans support no tax on tips.
* 74 percent support no tax on overtime pay.
* While Democrats focus on obstructing the agenda Americans voted for to please the far-left radicals, Republicans were united behind the One, Big, Beautiful Bill and putting America First.
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Original text here: https://www.nc.gop/president_trump_s_one_big_beautiful_bill_embodies_what_americans_voted_for
One Big Beautiful Bill Has Passed: A Disaster for Tribal Nations and Rural America
BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 9 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release:
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Has Passed: A Disaster for Tribal Nations and Rural America
Mandaree, ND -- The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill into law marks a turning point for our communities, and not for the better. With the Senate and House both approving this sweeping legislation on razor-thin margins, and Vice President Vance breaking the tie, Congress has now cemented into law a bill that prioritizes billionaires over the people who make this country work.
"This bill is
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BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 9 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release:
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Has Passed: A Disaster for Tribal Nations and Rural America
Mandaree, ND -- The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill into law marks a turning point for our communities, and not for the better. With the Senate and House both approving this sweeping legislation on razor-thin margins, and Vice President Vance breaking the tie, Congress has now cemented into law a bill that prioritizes billionaires over the people who make this country work.
"This bill isa betrayal of our values," said North Dakota State Representative Lisa Finley-DeVille. "It gives away trillions in tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy while gutting the basic lifelines that keep our elders, caregivers, and working families afloat--especially in tribal and rural communities."
This law will have major consequences for our rural communities by making massive cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Based on independent projections, including from the Congressional Budget Office and nonpartisan health policy experts, estimate that 7.8 million people could lose Medicaid under this law's eligibility restrictions and punitive work requirements.
As a result, up to 10.9 million Americans could become uninsured by 2034, increasing avoidable deaths due to delayed or inaccessible care. Research shows that for every 830 people who lose coverage, one preventable death occurs, translating into more than 51,000 preventable deaths annually.
In North Dakota, rural hospitals that rely on Medicaid funding will face cuts, resulting in higher premiums, more medical debt, and reduced access to care.
The law imposes strict work requirements and complex eligibility redeterminations that ignore the economic realities of reservation life, where high unemployment and caregiving responsibilities are common. Native elders, people with disabilities, and single parents will face new barriers to keeping or accessing healthcare and food assistance. Meanwhile, the bill includes no new investments in Indian Health Service, tribal housing, or infrastructure, ignoring calls from tribal leaders.
"It's a continuous story of federal neglect," said Finley-DeVille. "We're being forced closer to the edge of a fiscal cliff and there's no lifeline in sight."
Claiming to reduce spending, the bill adds $2.4 to $2.8 trillion to the national debt by 2034, according to estimates modeled on its tax and spending provisions.
It delivers an estimated $1.3 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthiest 1%, by slashing top income, estate, and capital gains taxes, benefiting corporations and billionaires, not working families. At the same time, it eliminates many clean energy tax credits passed in the Inflation Reduction Act, threatening tribal and rural renewable energy projects and raising household utility costs.
Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, along with Representative Julie Fedorchak, voted in favor of this law, endorsing deep cuts to healthcare, food assistance, and energy programs that sustain our state.
"They chose party loyalty and donor priorities over the health and dignity of North Dakotans; I don't understand the payoff." Finley-DeVille said. "Their votes tell us exactly where they stand, and it's not with us."
I know firsthand how crucial these programs are because they helped me when I was raising my five children on Ft. Berthold Reservation. Even though my husband and I were both working, we barely made ends meet. Programs like Medicaid and SNAP made it possible for us to get through some of the hardest times, and they gave me and my children the support we needed to pursue our college educations. Cutting them now means pulling the rug out from under families who are doing everything right but still struggling to get by.
"Our people have endured centuries of broken promises and political indifference," Finley-DeVille said. "But we are still here, still fighting. We will speak out, and demand a future where our people are seen, heard, and cared for not sacrificed for political gain."
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Original text here: https://demnpl.com/the-one-big-beautiful-bill-has-passed-a-disaster-for-tribal-nations-and-rural-america/
N.C. Republican Party: Democrats Are Now An Anti-Israel Party
RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 9 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release:
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Democrats Are Now An Anti-Israel Party
That's according to a new op-ed from Guy Benson at Townhall, which you can read here.
Much of the op-ed draws on the North Carolina Democratic Party's anti-Israel resolutionapproved by party leadership last month.
The Benson op-ed reads in part:
These numbers are highly disturbing yet unsurprising. Democratic voters' sympathies have dramatically shifted from pro-Israel to pro-Palestinian since October 7, 2023. On that terrible day, Hamas terrorists
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 9 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release:
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Democrats Are Now An Anti-Israel Party
That's according to a new op-ed from Guy Benson at Townhall, which you can read here.
Much of the op-ed draws on the North Carolina Democratic Party's anti-Israel resolutionapproved by party leadership last month.
The Benson op-ed reads in part:
These numbers are highly disturbing yet unsurprising. Democratic voters' sympathies have dramatically shifted from pro-Israel to pro-Palestinian since October 7, 2023. On that terrible day, Hamas terroristsslaughtered 1,200 people, including dozens of Americans, and took hundreds of hostages -- also including Americans. These acts of explicitly genocidal violence touched off a brutal war in which Hamas used civilians as human shields while operating their terrorism out of hospitals and schools. As a result, self-identified Democrats in the United States stampeded to turn against the Jewish state, the victims of the attack. Democrats are now are pro-Palestinian political party, and it's not even particularly close.
BOTTOM LINE: The silence from elected and prominent North Carolina Democrats like Gov. Josh Stein, former Gov. Roy Cooper, Attorney General Jeff Jackson, and former Congressman (DC Intern) Wiley Nickel is alarming.
Do they go along with their party's base in agreement or are they too afraid to speak out?
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Original text here: https://www.nc.gop/democrats_are_now_an_anti_israel_party
KDP Connects With Hundreds of Kentuckians Through Rural Listening Tour
FRANKFORT, Kentucky, July 9 -- The Kentucky Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 8, 2025:
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KDP Connects With Hundreds of Kentuckians Through Rural Listening Tour
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Today, Kentucky Democratic Party (KDP) Chair Colmon Elridge released the following statement celebrating another successful round of the KDP's Rural Listening Tour, which gave hundreds of Kentuckians a place to ask questions and voice concerns about what their communities need, since Kentucky's elected Republicans refuse to listen to them:
"While Kentucky Republicans were plotting the largest
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FRANKFORT, Kentucky, July 9 -- The Kentucky Democratic Party issued the following statement on July 8, 2025:
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KDP Connects With Hundreds of Kentuckians Through Rural Listening Tour
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Today, Kentucky Democratic Party (KDP) Chair Colmon Elridge released the following statement celebrating another successful round of the KDP's Rural Listening Tour, which gave hundreds of Kentuckians a place to ask questions and voice concerns about what their communities need, since Kentucky's elected Republicans refuse to listen to them:
"While Kentucky Republicans were plotting the largestcut to health care in U.S. history, Kentucky Democrats were putting boots on the ground to connect with communities betrayed by the Kentucky GOP. As part of this tour, the KDP is honored to have listened to hundreds of rural Kentuckians at risk of losing hospitals and health care -- including many who tried to get answers from the Republicans who represent them, but got only insults and neglect in return."
Round two of the Rural Listening Tour included stops in the following:
* Cumberland County
* Gallatin County
* Graves County
* Johnson County
* Adair County
* Caldwell County
The KDP first launched the Rural Listening Tour in July 2024 to engage voters in every corner of the Commonwealth.
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Original text here: https://www.kydemocrats.org/news/kdp-connects-with-hundreds-of-kentuckians-through-rural-listening-tour
Gov. Hobbs Delivers Huge Wins for Working Arizonans With Bipartisan, Common-Sense Budget
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news:
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Gov. Hobbs Delivers Huge Wins for Working Arizonans with Bipartisan, Common-Sense Budget
Last week, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the Arizona Promise Budget, delivering on her commitment to make Arizona more affordable and safer.
Gov. Hobbs' bipartisan budget deal takes action to stop drug smuggling and human trafficking across Arizona's southern border, raises pay for state police officers and firefighters, invests in public education, and allocates vital funds to protect health care access for over
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WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news:
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Gov. Hobbs Delivers Huge Wins for Working Arizonans with Bipartisan, Common-Sense Budget
Last week, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed the Arizona Promise Budget, delivering on her commitment to make Arizona more affordable and safer.
Gov. Hobbs' bipartisan budget deal takes action to stop drug smuggling and human trafficking across Arizona's southern border, raises pay for state police officers and firefighters, invests in public education, and allocates vital funds to protect health care access for over60,000 Arizonans with disabilities.
This is just the latest in Gov. Hobbs' long record of bipartisan accomplishments that make life better for Arizonans, including eliminating the tax on rent, slashing red tape to make housing more affordable, canceling two billion dollars in medical debt for up to one million Arizonans, and over $100 million in border security funding to local law enforcement agencies -- all while repealing the state's 1864 total abortion ban.
Read more about how Gov. Hobbs' budget is a win for Arizonans:
* Arizona Republic: "It's worth noting who was worth noting in the session now (mercifully) ended ... first among the winners has to be Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs."
* Arizona Capitol Times: "[Gov. Hobbs] beat back efforts to impose new requirements on eligibility recipients of Medicaid and food stamps. And, with the help of parents bringing their children with disabilities to the Capitol to stare lawmakers in the face, she outmaneuvered Republicans who sought to slash funds that were available for those parents to provide care."
* KJZZ: "The $17.6 billion budget was the product of negotiations between Hobbs, Democratic lawmakers and Senate Republican leaders. [Gov. Hobbs] praised the plan for including several of her priorities, including pay raises for state troopers and $45 million in child care assistance that will unlock even more federal funds."
* Arizona Capitol Times: "The $17.6 billion budget included several proposals the governor had requested when she presented her executive budget request to lawmakers in January, like funding for childcare programs, Colorado River litigation, veteran homelessness initiatives and health care for developmentally disabled individuals."
* AZFamily: "House Democrats called the budget a win for 'public school students' and said this budget still 'protects Medicaid and expands healthcare for Tribal members.'"
* Arizona Mirror: "Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed the $17.6 billion state budget that was passed with bipartisan majorities in both chambers ... Those included 5% pay raises for state troopers, full funding for the universal school voucher program and full funding for the Division of Developmental Disabilities Parents as Paid caregivers program."
Here's what they're saying about how Gov. Hobbs' budget delivers for Arizona:
* Arizona Trooper's FOP Lodge 32: "Lodge 32 attended the AZ budget signing. We helped secure a 5% raise for State Troopers -- a step forward. Much more work ahead to ensure all DPS employees are fairly compensated. Thank you @GovHobbs, @AZDPS Dir. Glover, @AZTroopers & lawmakers. #AZTroopers #ArizonaBudget #FOP"
* Arizona Trooper's Association: "We'd like to thank the legislators who voted to approve this budget and the Governor for signing it. Though this was an important first step, we have much more work to do to solve the problems that the men and women of DPS struggle with everyday. We will continue to advocate for them, to ensure we are able to retain those with invaluable knowledge and tenure, and attract the highest quality candidates in the future. #azleg #aztroopers #troopersmatter @AZHouseGOP@AZHouseDems @AZSenateGOP @AZSenateDems @GovernorHobbs"
* Arizona Chamber: "Arizona's economic future depends on responsible water management. SB 1611 is a bipartisan win for conservation, growth, and smart stewardship. Grateful to @GovernorHobbs and the #AZLeg for getting it done."
* Stand for Children AZ: "Thank you to the Arizona legislature and Governor Hobbs for including $45 million to expand childcare subsidies in the budget and cover about half of the children on the waitlist!"
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Original text here: https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/gov-hobbs-delivers-huge-wins-for-working-arizonans-with-bipartisan-common-sense-budget/
Democratic Governors Sound the Alarm on Republicans' Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news:
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Democratic Governors Sound the Alarm on Republicans' Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP
Democratic governors across the country are sounding the alarm on the devastating impact Donald Trump and Republicans' extreme budget will have on families across the country, including cuts to Medicaid and SNAP and exploding the national deficit.
Here's how Democratic governors are speaking out and serving as the last line of defense against Donald Trump's attacks on the livelihood of American families:
Arizona Governor
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WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news:
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Democratic Governors Sound the Alarm on Republicans' Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP
Democratic governors across the country are sounding the alarm on the devastating impact Donald Trump and Republicans' extreme budget will have on families across the country, including cuts to Medicaid and SNAP and exploding the national deficit.
Here's how Democratic governors are speaking out and serving as the last line of defense against Donald Trump's attacks on the livelihood of American families:
Arizona GovernorKatie Hobbs on KTAR: "There are many hospitals and health centers across the state, in rural Arizona in particular, that will go under if they don't have those Medicaid dollars paying for care that they're giving... That could be the difference in life or death for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Arizonans."
California Governor Gavin Newsom: "This bill is a tragedy for the American people, and a complete moral failure. The President and his MAGA enablers are ripping care from cancer patients, meals from children, and money from working families -- just to give tax breaks to the ultra-rich."
Colorado Governor Jared Polis: "It's deeply disappointing that all the Republican members of our delegation voted for this bill, despite being warned repeatedly of the damage it will cause for their constituents and our state. Colorado Republicans and Trump now own the devastating impacts, cost increases, and chaos this bill will impose on hardworking Coloradans and Americans."
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont: "This bill is going to have devastating impacts on millions of Americans for years to come and was passed for the sole purpose of giving tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. [...] Kicking people off their health insurance, defunding hospitals and nursing homes, and eliminating food and nutrition assistance is going to have a ripple effect throughout the country, causing workers to lose their jobs and premiums to go up."
Delaware Governor Matt Meyer: "As we head into the July 4th weekend, I'm thinking about the thousands of Delaware families who rely on Medicaid and SNAP to stay healthy and fed. Cutting these programs will only lead to longer ER wait times and higher healthcare costs for everyone. That's not the kind of independence we should be fighting for."
Hawai'i Governor Josh Green: "The Republican tax bill breaks promises, and guts funding for healthcare and food assistance that thousands of Hawai'i families rely on every day. It's a terrible bill [...] These next few years won't be easy, but we are mobilizing now to respond, protect our people, and make sure Hawai'i can weather what's coming."
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: "Trump and his MAGA allies are making the richest people richer with a massive and unneeded tax break while making life more expensive for hardworking families. This bill will kick millions off of Medicaid, increase premiums for ACA plans, and raise food and energy prices. No state in the nation can backfill these cruel cuts, but the State of Illinois will use every tool in our toolbox to minimize harmful impacts and fight back."
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly: "Donald Trump enacted the most devastating piece of legislation that Americans have witnessed in generations. It will rip away health care for over 17 million Americans, throw seniors out of nursing homes, and kill good-paying jobs while forcing kids to go hungry and exploding the national deficit. Rural towns will be hit especially hard with hospital closures, jobs lost, and small businesses shuttered - all to give huge handouts to the wealthy."
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on CNN: "It's going to devastate rural health care all while adding trillions of dollars to our national debt, and it's going to upend every state budget across the country. You know what's sad is that while Democratic governors are speaking out, we're not speaking out because we're Democrats. We're speaking out because we're supposed to be the best governors of our states that we can be."
Maine Governor Janet Mills on NPR: "People describe this bill as beautiful. I don't see anything beautiful about it. There's nothing pretty about cutting food to hungry children. Nothing pretty about preventing people from getting to their doctor when they have a healthcare problem or preventing the doctor from being paid. Nothing pretty about threatening rural hospitals or driving up the cost of energy."
Maryland Governor Wes Moore on CNN: "This is the largest consolidation of wealth that we have seen in our nation's history, and it is something where you are knocking the most vulnerable off of any type of basic support that were promised to them [...]. The truth is that Maryland and no other state that has the coffers, that has the balance sheet to be able to make up for the hole that the federal government has just put us all in."
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey: "Congress just passed Donald Trump's budget bill, which is a vote to take away food, take away health care, and make life more expensive for everyone. [...] Now at the same time, I've been working on a responsible budget for the people of Massachusetts. We want you to have access to health care, to education, and transportation. I want you to be able to afford groceries, housing, heat and electricity. That's what we're focused on delivering, and we're not going to let Donald Trump get in the way of that."
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer: "Republicans in the United States House passed a reckless bill that threatens the health, security, and economic stability of millions-including hundreds of thousands of Michiganders who stand to lose their Medicaid coverage, and countless working families who rely on SNAP benefits to put food on the table. Over 15,000 Michiganders sent stories to me about how these cuts will devastate their lives."
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz: "Tom Emmer and Pete Stauber just voted to tear health care away from a quarter million Minnesotans so Trump can give tax cuts to billionaires. We will do everything we can to help Minnesotans impacted by their Medicaid cuts, but we'll never fully reverse the damage they've caused."
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy: "On the eve of our nation's 249th birthday, Congressional Republicans just voted to abandon tens of millions of American families. We will continue to do everything in our power to protect hardworking New Jerseyans from the implications of this shameful legislation."
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham: "Make no mistake: this Republican budget will hit New Mexico hard. From cuts to Medicaid funding that keeps our rural hospitals open, to reductions in food assistance for children, to threats against education programs that ensure our kids have a brighter future, this budget puts politics over people. [...] My administration is going through this budget with a fine-tooth comb, identifying every threat to our state, and we're going to fight like hell to protect what matters most."
New York Governor Kathy Hochul: "There's nothing beautiful about this bill. It's a big, ugly betrayal -- stripping health care, hiking costs and slashing food assistance for millions. And it was made possible by New York's seven Republican members of Congress. [...] I've been very clear that no state can backfill the massive cuts in this bill or undo the damage Republicans just caused. But my team and I are working closely with the Legislature to brace for the impact and protect as many New Yorkers as possible."
North Carolina Governor Josh Stein: "More than half a million people stand to lose their health care, tens of thousands working in clean energy and manufacturing could lose their jobs, electricity bills could rise nearly 20 percent, and 1.4 million people - including 600,000 children - could find themselves without the help they need to afford food. [...] Even as those in Washington have left North Carolinians behind, I stand ready to do whatever I can to protect people's health care and jobs and keep children fed and healthy. We can and must do better."
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek: "The money that helps Oregonians see a doctor or put dinner on the table for their family is now going into the pockets of those who need it the least. [...] Every dollar stripped from these services and put towards the top 1% is a moral failure. This budget was inked in greed, not human dignity. I will use every single tool we have to fight for what Oregon holds dear."
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro: "The federal budget bill Congress just passed is shameful and it is going to hurt Pennsylvania. The Republican members of our delegation who voted for this bill just voted for: cutting healthcare and food assistance for over half a million Pennsylvanians, eliminating 26,000 energy jobs and raising our electricity bills, putting at risk rural hospitals across Pennsylvania -- all while adding an unconscionable $3.3 trillion to our national deficit."
Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee: "For many of our neighbors, this law reduces access to supports like SNAP food assistance. It puts health insurance for thousands of Rhode Islanders in jeopardy, breaking President Trump's empty promise to protect Medicaid. It eliminates vital energy tax credits, making it harder to expand our energy supply and risking higher costs for families."
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson: "The MAGA Congress just passed devastating cuts that will take Medicaid from 250,000 Washingtonians. [...] Donald Trump's morally bankrupt policy will cause our most vulnerable Washingtonians to lose their health care coverage and likely force hospital closures across the state, all to pay for tax breaks for the richest Americans."
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers: "Trump's Big Disaster Bill:
Guts healthcare for millions of Americans
Cuts food assistance for kids and families
Raises household utility bills
Adds trillions to the federal deficit
All to pay for tax cuts for the rich and wealthy. That's nothing to celebrate."
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Original text here: https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/democratic-governors-sound-the-alarm-on-republicans-cuts-to-medicaid-and-snap/
DNC: Art of the Deal - Trump Finalizes and Implements Zero Out of 90 Promised Trade Deals
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:
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Art of the Deal: Trump Finalizes and Implements Zero Out of 90 Promised Trade Deals
Ahead of Donald Trump's extension of his self-imposed tariff deadline, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:
"The American people were promised 90 deals in 90 days, and instead, Donald Trump has continued to plunge the American economy into chaos by giving himself another extension after he failed to finalize and fully implement a single deal. The only thing Trump has delivered is more pain to American
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WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:
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Art of the Deal: Trump Finalizes and Implements Zero Out of 90 Promised Trade Deals
Ahead of Donald Trump's extension of his self-imposed tariff deadline, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:
"The American people were promised 90 deals in 90 days, and instead, Donald Trump has continued to plunge the American economy into chaos by giving himself another extension after he failed to finalize and fully implement a single deal. The only thing Trump has delivered is more pain to Americanconsumers and the largest cuts to health care and food assistance in American history. While Trump drags the American people toward a financial crisis, hardworking families and small businesses are already drowning in sky-high costs and a dramatically slowing job market. The bottom line: Trump is a crooked liar. His only 'art of the deal' is screwing over working families to line his own pockets."
NEW TODAY: The Trump administration failed -- massively -- on its promise of 90 deals in 90 days.
Reporter: "August 1st you've said is the deadline. What incentives do countries have to negotiate? It seems that deadline keeps moving."
Donald Trump: "No, it's always been August 1st. ... I didn't make a change."
Garrett Haake, NBC News: "President Trump just denied changing the date for tariff deadline to August 1, saying in cabinet meeting that was always the date.
"Here's the EO he signed yesterday moving the deadline from July 9 to August 1."
TIME: "The 90-day pause, during which the Trump Administration pledged to negotiate deals with trading partners, was set to expire on Wednesday, July 9, but the White House confirmed on Monday that it would push back the start of hiked tariffs to Aug. 1.
"Trump also began sharing 'letters' to multiple heads of state on Truth Social, alerting them of the tariff rates their countries will face next month if they do not reach deals before then.
"While Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro said in April that the Administration would deliver '90 deals in 90 days,' officials lowered expectations in recent days. ...
"[E]xperts had said even many major trading partners may not be able to reach deals so fast, and the agreements that have been reached are more broad frameworks with details to be worked out later than concrete deals."
Politico: "For all his optimistic talk on trade, Trump has made little tangible progress since this spring's tariff spree, so far only securing frameworks of agreements with the U.K. and China and leaving American businesses grappling with continued economic uncertainty."
REMINDER: Donald Trump flip-flopped on his own chaotic trade war timeline 27 times -- throwing small businesses and the American economy into chaos.
Forbes: "Trump Claims 'No Extension' To New Tariff Deadline--Here Are The 28 Times He's Flip-Flopped Since 'Liberation Day'"
CNBC: "100% of CFOs taking the survey said current policy uncertainty is affecting their ability to make business decisions, with about one-third saying it is having a 'significant impact.'"
Economists are sounding the alarm that Trump's disastrous agenda will bring higher inflation, higher unemployment, and slower growth.
Reuters: "Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams expects slower growth and higher inflation this year due in large part to trade tariffs ...
"Williams said that as a result he expects growth to slow considerably this year to around 1%, with the unemployment rate rising from its current 4.2% level to 4.5% by year's end. The official also expects that inflation will rise to 3% as President Donald Trump's tariffs drive up prices ..."
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond: "Record Concern about Tariffs Expected to Increase Costs and Prices, Reduce Hiring and Investment"
"Forty percent of [CFOs] indicated tariffs and trade policy were a pressing concern for their firm this quarter, a record share of respondents citing the same concern going back to the second quarter of 2020 -- a time period that covered the pandemic, severe supply chain disruption, and the highest inflation rate the U.S. has seen since the early 1980s."
Axios: "More than 70% of U.S. small and mid-sized businesses say tariffs have already increased their operating costs ...
"72% of U.S. companies said tariffs have already increased their costs, and 77% expect those costs to rise further by the end of the year."
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/art-of-the-deal-trump-finalizes-and-implements-zero-out-of-90-promised-trade-deals-2/
