{"id":253889,"date":"2025-05-23T14:51:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/alabamas-democratic-delegation-responds-to-trumps-tax-bill-passing-house\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:51:37","slug":"alabamas-democratic-delegation-responds-to-trumps-tax-bill-passing-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=253889","title":{"rendered":"Alabama&#8217;s Democratic delegation responds to Trump&#8217;s tax bill passing House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill\u201d passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a slim margin: 215 votes in favor and 214 against.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alabama\u2019s delegation voted along party lines. Alabama\u2019s Democratic members of Congress \u2014 Reps. Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures \u2014 voted in opposition. Sewell debated the bill on the House floor in the wee hours of the morning before the bill passed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe could be working to help Americans deal with the high cost of living. We could be working to make sure that healthcare is affordable for all. But what are we doing at 4:35 a.m. in the morning? We\u2019re preparing to vote on a bill that will provide a $4 trillion tax giveaway to the wealthy, well-connected and well-off,\u201d said Sewell. \u201cAnd how will we pay for it? We\u2019ll pay for it by kicking 13.7 million Americans off Medicaid and cutting $300 billion in SNAP benefits from hungry families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a press release from Sewell, the bill includes over $700 billion in cuts to Medicaid, which threatens the healthcare of 176,181 residents in Alabama\u2019s 7th Congressional District. 121,745 children and 23,000 seniors, as well as the healthcare providers who serve them, are among those who could be affected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, the legislation makes it harder and more expensive to obtain coverage through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. As a result, an estimated 17,700 people in Alabama\u2019s 7th Congressional District could lose their healthcare coverage. For the 55,000 individuals in the district who currently rely on ACA coverage, this could mean an average annual increase of $510 in household healthcare costs\u2014a 66 percent hike in premiums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill also includes deep cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, which helps feed 197,000 people in the 7th District. These changes represent the largest reduction in nutritional assistance in American history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the legislation cuts the Community Eligibility Provision, putting at risk access to free school lunches for 100,290 children in the district.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese drastic cuts to Medicaid and nutrition assistance are the largest in history and represent an outrageous betrayal of our values as Americans,\u201d Sewell said. \u201cAlabama families shouldn\u2019t be forced to foot the bill for Trump\u2019s billionaire tax cuts. I voted NO.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Figures did not speak during the floor debate, but had spoken about the detrimental effects this legislation would have on his district previously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne in four people in my district receive SNAP benefits. One in four people in my district receives Medicaid benefits. These are people who can\u2019t afford to lose healthcare access,\u201d Figures said. \u201cThe truth is people will lose those benefits, all in an effort to make long money longer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday morning, President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill\u201d passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a slim margin: 215 votes in favor and 214 against.\u00a0 Alabama\u2019s delegation voted along party lines. Alabama\u2019s Democratic members of Congress \u2014 Reps. Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures \u2014 voted in opposition. 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