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Medicaid and ‘SALT’ divide GOP

CQ Budget, Episode No. 355

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., seen here on June 10, said Medicaid cuts must be scaled back before he could vote for the reconciliation bill.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., seen here on June 10, said Medicaid cuts must be scaled back before he could vote for the reconciliation bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The release of the biggest portion of the Senate GOP’s reconciliation bill triggered internal party clashes over the scope of Medicaid cuts and the size of the state and local tax deduction known as SALT, among other disputes. CQ Roll Call’s Caitlin Reilly, Sandhya Raman and David Lerman outline the sticking points in the Senate Finance Committee’s draft text and what they mean for the effort to pass a reconciliation bill by the July Fourth recess.

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