Budget plan with dueling tax, spending targets OK'd in Senate - Roll Call

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "In that spirit, I hope the Senate will join Sen. Hawley and I, on a bipartisan basis, to finally take Medicaid off the chopping block.
46% : But House Republicans have had different ideas about how to structure the tax package, setting a ceiling of $4.5 trillion over a decade using traditional scoring rules.
44% : "Protecting families who count on Medicaid ought to go beyond party lines," Wyden said in offering his amendment.
42% : GOP leaders survived a few close shaves on amendments along the way, losing the maximum three votes they could afford on their side on Democratic efforts to protect Medicaid from steep cuts.
41% : House GOP leaders have been clear that Medicaid is on the table as part of that effort, which has made centrist Republicans and those with large Medicaid populations uneasy.
29% : "President Trump's been clear any reforms to Medicare or Medicaid must not reduce patient benefits.
21% : "It's a brutal Republican pincer move: Donald Trump's tariffs raise costs on one side, and Senate Republicans are cutting Medicaid and pushing billionaire tax breaks on the other," Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the floor.
9% : "Tonight, Democrats gave Senate Republicans the chance to hit the kill switch on Donald Trump's tariffs, on DOGE, on the attacks against Social Security and Medicaid and Medicaid.

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