House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Warns ‘Thousands Will Die’ If Trump’s Bill Passes
Hakeem Jeffries’s minority head, Hakeem Jeffries warned Thursday during his several hours speech that the “big and beautiful bill” of President Donald Trump will kill “tens of thousands” of Americans.
Since about 5 am, Jeffries has used a procedural rule known as “Magile Minute” to make an in progress speech deploring the expenses package. The head of the House minority warned that the legislation will strip people of their health care and medicaid, who would let them “die”.
“Due to this attack on health care in the United States of America, people will die. Tens of thousands, perhaps year after year, following the republican assault against the health care of the American people,” said Jeffries. “I am sad, I never thought I would be on the floor of the room saying that it is a crime scene!” And the Democrats of the Chamber did not want to part. ” (Related: Hakeem Jeffries’s last -minute stratagem to block Trump Megabill literally asleep DEMS)
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The legislation intends to make changes to Medicaid by imposing work requirements on valid adults under the age of 65 and by limiting tax providers, although the White House has denied several times that there will be cuts on the program. The White House declared in an information sheet that the spending package “protects and strengthens Medicaid”, as well as the improvement of the economy.
Jeffries’ Magic Minute “allowed him to speak with unlimited time so that he could aggressively assert Trump’s bill, which he accused the Republicans of having tried to push” in the throat of the American people “. He was unleashed during the planned tax reductions in the bill, the funding of $ 100 billion in the area of immigration and customs (ICE) and the security of border security and the modifications made to food assistance in Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Aid Program (SNAP).
“This reckless republican budget is an immoral document,” said Jeffries according to ABC News. “And not everyone should vote against this because of how they attack children, the elderly and everyday Americans, and people with disabilities. This rebuilding republican budget is an immoral document.
Democrats block a vote while the Republicans of Congress are trying to bring the bill on the office of Trump by its deadline of July 4. The president of the room, Mike Johnson, said that Jeffries’ disturbance is a “total loss of everyone’s time”, but assured that they have the votes to adopt the bill.
🚨 President Johnson on Hakeem Jeffries by delaying the process of the room: “He may try to get the file…. It is a total loss of everyone’s time.” pic.twitter.com/dp0rnwarjr
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Vance added that a member of the non -specified republican congress sent him a text that Jeffries’ speech transformed him into a “firm yes” on the bill.
“The member of the Gop Congress just sent me a text:” I was undecided on the bill, but I watched the performance of Hakeem Jeffries and now I am a firm yes “, wrote Vance on X.
The bill also intends to put aside $ 350 billion for border security, including 46 billion dollars to finish the wall through the American-mexic border and provide billions more to hire 10,000 additional ICE agents by 2029. It also plans to extend tax discounts and jobs, which Trump signed in 2017, and eliminate Taxes on advice and hours.
The Senate narrowly adopted the legislation during a vote of 51 to 50 Thursday, the vice-president JD Vance breaking equality. He received a majority of support in a procedural vote in the House early Friday morning.
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