{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-stabenow-and-casey-introduce-amendment-to-prevent-republicans-from-cutting-medicaid", "Sanders, Stabenow and Casey Introduce Amendment to Prevent Republicans from Cutting Medicaid", "2017-10-18", "2017", "2017-10", "Independent", "House", "VT", "Bernard Sanders", "S000033", "www.sanders.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Sanders, Stabenow and Casey Introduce Amendment to Prevent Republicans from Cutting Medicaid\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tWednesday, October 18, 2017\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tWASHINGTON, Oct. 18 \u2013 Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) will introduce Wednesday the first Democratic amendment to Senate Republicans' fiscal year 2018 budget resolution. The amendment would prevent Republicans from enacting their plan to cut Medicaid by $1 trillion in order to give a $1.9 trillion tax break to the top 1 percent. The amendment would be fully paid for by stopping Republicans from giving the wealthiest people in America another tax break. Sanders, Stabenow and Casey\u2019s amendment, which will come up for a vote at 3 p.m. today, would protect the more than 30 million children, 11 million individuals with disabilities, 7 million seniors and 1.7 million veterans who rely on Medicaid. \u201cWhat does it mean if you have constituents who are suffering today with cancer, heart disease, asthma or diabetes, and they have Medicaid taken away from them? What happens to them when they cannot afford to go to the doctor when they are sick or buy the medicine that they need?\u201d asked Sanders. \u201cIf 15 million Americans lose Medicaid and are thrown off of health insurance, many thousands of our fellow Americans will die and many more will suffer and become much sicker than they should.\u201d \u201cMillions of children, families, seniors and people with disabilities in Michigan rely on Medicaid for their health care needs. In fact, three out of five seniors in nursing homes in Michigan receive health coverage through Medicaid. It is outrageous that Republicans are proposing a $1 trillion cut to these vital services in order to fund a tax break for the top 1 percent,\u201d said Stabenow. \u201cCutting Medicaid to fund tax giveaways to the super-rich is wrong,\u201d said Casey. \u201cBetraying working families, people with disabilities and families paying for nursing care for loved ones to fund tax giveaways to the wealthiest must be stopped, which is what this amendment will do. This amendment is a simple choice between the promise of Medicaid and obscene tax cuts for the super-rich.\u201d Poll after poll shows the American people do not want to see cuts to Medicaid or tax breaks for billionaires.\u00a0 Nearly 70 percent of Americans oppose slashing Medicaid, according to a recent\u00a0poll\u00a0from PRRI. A recent\u00a0Wall Street Journal/NBC poll\u00a0found that only 12 percent of the American people believe the wealthy should receive a tax cut; while 62 percent believe the wealthy should pay more in taxes. Read the text of the amendment\u00a0here.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-stabenow-and-casey-introduce-amendment-to-prevent-republicans-from-cutting-medicaid"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6995961777865887, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}