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Podcast: Majority 54
Episode: Bad Budget Bill
Description: Jason Kander and Ravi Gupta break down the political firestorm surrounding the GOP tax bill, as Democrats criticize its deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance in order to fund tax breaks for the wealthy. They analyze Trump’s full-court press on Capitol Hill, threats against GOP holdouts, and the economic impact projected by the CBO. Kander and Gupta also dive into the latest developments on immigration, including Trump’s controversial “Project Homecoming” and reports of U.S. citizen children being deported with undocumented parents. Plus, they discuss the backlash to the Ashley Babbitt settlement, the partisan sparring over Biden’s...