Baldwin Votes Against Republicans’ Budget that Prioritizes Billionaires Over Working Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement on the Republicans’ Budget Resolution voted on in the Senate early this morning:
“Republicans have proven what we knew all along: that they’ll prioritize their billionaire friends at the expense of working families,” said Senator Baldwin. “Wisconsin families need relief at the grocery store, pharmacy, and gas pump, and that’s what I’m working for. But, this budget resolution paves the way to gut Medicaid and jeopardize healthcare for 70 million Americans, all to make room for tax breaks for the wealthiest individuals and biggest corporations. That’s simply not right.”
Senator Baldwin sought votes on amendments to block any cuts to Medicaid that would rip away health care from Americans and also close a tax loophole that allows Wall Street investment managers to often pay almost half the tax rate compared to most other Wisconsin workers:
- Preventing seniors from having their health care ripped away, including those in nursing homes;
- Preventing children from having their health care ripped away, including those on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP);
- Preventing health care for those battling addiction and substance use disorder from being ripped away;
- Preventing cuts to funding for rural Americans, including essential funding for hospitals;
- Preventing pregnant women from having their health care ripped away; and
- Closing the carried interest loophole that benefits wealthy money managers on Wall Street, something that President Trump also supports.
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