Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) voted against the final passage of H.R. 1, the Republican tax scam which cuts Medicaid, clean energy tax credits, food assistance, and more in order to lower taxes for the wealthiest Americans. The bill now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote.
“This morning, Senate Republicans voted to raise costs on working families, rip health care from Nevadans who need it, and kill good-paying jobs across our state to ensure their billionaire friends save on their taxes,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “Make no mistake: Republicans are responsible for the devastating impacts that will come from this bill. I will continue to put a spotlight on how these disastrous cuts are causing harm to Nevadans.”
According to reports, the Republican tax bill would:
- Add almost $4 trillion to the national debt
- Cut more than $1.1 trillion in health care funding, including $930 billion from Medicaid
- Kick 17 million Americans off health insurance, including 114,500 Nevadans
- Threaten 21,000 clean-energy jobs in Nevada
- Raise the cost of Nevadans’ energy bills by $400 per year
- Slash food assistance programs that will raise grocery costs, threaten free school lunches, and make it harder for over 40 million Americans, including 16 million children, 8 million seniors, and 1.2 million veterans to put food on the table.
- Gut BrandUSA, a long-standing bipartisan public-private partnership to support international tourists coming to Nevada
- Further President Trump’s cruel mass deportation agenda instead of focusing on targeting criminals
- Provide a $118,630 tax boost for the top 0.1% of Americans while raising costs for working families
Senator Cortez Masto has repeatedly called out President Trump and Congressional Republicans’ attempts to slash Medicaid and harm Nevada families to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. She has also continued to push the Trump Administration to address the impacts of Trump’s tariffs on working families, small businesses, and Nevada’s travel and tourism economy.
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