Joshua Smith
@smithmachine
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Currently: Policy Director, @SenateBudget / @SenJeffMerkley. When I grow up: Major League Baseball-Playing Supreme Court Justice.
Washington, DC
Joined September 2008
24 hours into vote-a-rama and I am.
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RT @SenWarren: Here's the proof: Republicans are only looking out for their millionaire and billionaire friends – and they're willing to ga….
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We trollin'
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RT @George_A_Callas: A reminder that the Senate is NOT using a current policy baseline. If they were then the new temporary tax cuts (tips….
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CBO tells @SenJeffMerkley that, under the budget baseline that's the law of the land, the Republicans' reconciliation bill breaks the rules both by exceeding the their budget resolution's instructions by trillions of dollars, and by adding to the deficit beyond the 10-year window
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Under the budget baseline that is the law of the land, the Republicans' reconciliation bill adds *$3.25 trillion* to the deficit over 10 years. (Not counting interest payments or the cost of extending new temporary tax cuts.).
Estimated Budgetary Effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Relative to CBO's January 2025 Baseline.
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More Byrd Rule violations, including special carve-outs for Alaska and Hawaii.
🚨Byrd Bath Violations Continue to Roll in on Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill”🚨. Violations here:
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CBO: The Senate Republicans’ reconciliation bill “would increase by 11.8 million the number of people without health insurance in 2034.“.
Estimated Budgetary Effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Relative to the Budget Enforcement Baseline for Consideration in the Senate.
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Provisions including a bunch of onerous fees on immigrants violate the Byrd Rule.
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Republican tax provisions, including a new school voucher scheme, are subject to a Byrd Rule point of order.
🚨JUST NOW: More Provisions Violate Byrd Rule in Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill”. Updates here:
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Health care provisions including a ban on Medicaid and CHIP paying for gender affirming care and a prohibition on states covering undocumented folks with states’ own funds are subject to a Byrd Rule point of order.
🚨NEW THIS MORNING: Byrd Rule Violations Continue to Mount on the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill”. Read more here:
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Provisions including forcing existing student loan borrowers into new programs and adding new Hyde Amendment language will face 60-vote hurdles under the Byrd Rule.
🚨MORE UPDATES: Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Includes Additional Provisions That Violate the Byrd Rule. Full update here:
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