Tax And Spending Bill, Medicaid Concerns, Gun Tracing Fund

税收与支出法案,对医疗补助的担忧,枪支追踪基金

Up First

2025-07-02

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The Senate approved President Trump's megabill, which includes tax cuts and boosts border security and defense programs. Cuts to Medicaid in the bill are unpopular with some Senators and the general public. Also, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is planning to loosen or eliminate some gun regulations. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today's episode of Up First was edited by Kelsey Snell, Carrie Fiebel, Gigi Douban, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Zo van Ginhoven. And our technical director is Zac Coleman. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • Senate Republicans got the president's budget bill over the finish line,

  • now goes back to the House, but polls show the bill is unpopular with a lot of Americans.

  • So is it a political risk for Republicans?

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  • One of the most controversial parts of the bill would make big cuts to Medicaid and leave millions of Americans uninsured.

  • So we get into what the bill would do and why so many people would lose their coverage.

  • And hundreds of jobs are being cut at the Bureau of Alcohol,

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