A final legislative vote on the Big, Beautiful Bill is expected today in the U-S House. Speaker Mike Johnson is working to get his fellow Republicans on the same page to get the 800-plus page bill onto President Trump’s desk by his Fourth of July deadline. Johnson says the legislation will provide four-point-five trillion dollars in tax cuts and invest 350-billion dollars in national security…
Cut 10 (07) “…around the world.”
But Democrat Cleo Fields is concerned about the one-point-two trillion dollar cutback in Medicaid and food stamps…
Cut 11 (08) “…left the house.”
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill will also add three-point-three trillion dollars to the deficit.
Governor Landry issued 17 line-item vetoes on the budget and 16 of the line-item vetoes impacted funding for projects in the districts of Republican lawmakers who voted against a bill that gives the insurance commissioner more authority to reject excessive rate increases. Tyler Bridges wrote the story for the Advocate and says it is a surprise…
Cut 8 (08) “…went after Republicans”
The NFIB says 36-percent of small business owners reported openings they could not fill last month.