{"id":17386,"date":"2025-06-26T22:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T22:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17386\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T22:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T22:03:11","slug":"a-running-list-of-policies-rejected-from-the-republican-megabill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/17386\/","title":{"rendered":"A Running List of Policies Rejected From the Republican Megabill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">The parliamentarian made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/26\/us\/politics\/parliamentarian-republican-bill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several rejections<\/a> related to student aid and health coverage that were announced Thursday, including a key Medicaid provision on provider taxes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">The bill carrying much of President Trump\u2019s domestic agenda is facing examination by the Senate parliamentarian, a nonpartisan official who enforces the chamber\u2019s complex rules \u2014 and who can effectively strip out parts of the bill that don\u2019t comply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Republicans will be able to push the tax and entitlement package through with a simple Senate majority, avoiding a Democratic filibuster, as long as it complies with the \u201cByrd Rule,\u201d which has governed the budget reconciliation process they are using since the 1980s. Under the rule, each of the bill\u2019s provisions:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\"><strong>Must produce a non-incidental change to the federal budget. <\/strong>In other words, it must primarily be a change to spending or revenue. Provisions with no or minimal budgetary impact, or that are mostly there for policy reasons, are supposed to be struck, but the decision can be subjective.<strong\/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\"><strong>May not increase the deficit outside of the budget window. <\/strong>In this case, provisions can\u2019t add to deficits past 2034.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"svelte-sru1ye\">\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\"><strong>May not make changes to Social Security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">The process of review is known informally in the Senate as the \u201cByrd bath.\u201d So far, the parliamentarian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/23\/us\/politics\/stimulus-senate-parliamentarian.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth MacDonough<\/a>, has determined that dozens of provisions do not pass muster to be included in the megabill, in most cases because they represent policy changes with only incidental effects on the budget.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Republican committee leaders have said they plan to rewrite some of the struck provisions to make them compliant.<\/p>\n<p>Rejected provisions<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">Most of the struck provisions would have had a small effect on the bill\u2019s bottom line, but there are a handful that would have saved hundreds of billions of dollars as written. Some provisions were policy priorities for some Republicans, and their removal could make those lawmakers less enthusiastic about supporting the bill. What is likely to be the most consequential ruling, on whether Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/us\/politics\/republicans-senate-rules-tax-cuts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">may use a budget <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/us\/politics\/republicans-senate-rules-tax-cuts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maneuver<\/a> to exclude the cost of tax cut extensions, is still outstanding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-text  svelte-wbgwfj\">We\u2019ve highlighted instances where Republicans have said they have made or are working on adjustments to the offending portions.<\/p>\n<p>    Health care <\/p>\n<p>Provider tax restrictions<\/p>\n<p> Lower the maximum rates of taxes that states can charge health care providers for states that have expanded Medicaid under Obamacare, and freeze current tax rates for states that have not. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/17\/upshot\/medicaid-cuts-republicans-senate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">States often use such taxes to boost federal matching payments.<\/a> This provision was expected to generate significant savings in the bill. <\/p>\n<p class=\"g-tape-text-fg svelte-o03yjn\">Republicans are working to make the provision compliant.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"g-tape-text-bg svelte-o03yjn\">Republicans are working to make the provision compliant.<\/p>\n<p>Gender transition care<\/p>\n<p>Ban the use of Medicaid funds for gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors and adults<\/p>\n<p>Medicaid eligibility for immigrants<\/p>\n<p>Revoke eligibility for certain noncitizens<\/p>\n<p>Medicare coverage for immigrants<\/p>\n<p>Revoke eligibility for certain noncitizens<\/p>\n<p>Obamacare tax credits for immigrants<\/p>\n<p>Revoke eligibility for certain noncitizens<\/p>\n<p>Eliminate a Medicaid grace period for immigrants<\/p>\n<p>Prevent states from enrolling people in Medicaid until their citizenship status can be confirmed<\/p>\n<p>Obamacare tax credits for immigrants ineligible for Medicaid<\/p>\n<p>Prevent immigrants who are poor but haven\u2019t been in the country for five years from accessing tax credits to buy private insurance<\/p>\n<p>Spread pricing<\/p>\n<p>Ban a practice sometimes used by pharmacy benefit managers in pricing drugs for Medicaid<\/p>\n<p>Reduce federal funding for certain states<\/p>\n<p>States that use their own funds to provide health insurance outside of Medicaid to undocumented immigrants would pay a higher share for Medicaid expansion beneficiaries<\/p>\n<p>Obamacare cost-sharing reductions<\/p>\n<p>Fund payments to insurance companies to lower Obamacare deductibles and co-payments for low-income purchasers, a technical change that will paradoxically raise prices for many Obamacare plans<\/p>\n<p>Abortion restrictions for cost-sharing reduction payments<\/p>\n<p>Restrict coverage of abortions in many Obamacare plans<\/p>\n<p> Student aid <\/p>\n<p>Student loan repayment<\/p>\n<p>Limit on income-driven repayment options. The parliamentarian ruled that the limited repayment options may not be applied to current borrowers.<\/p>\n<p>Student loan eligibility for immigrants<\/p>\n<p>Revoke eligibility for certain noncitizens<\/p>\n<p>Public Service Loan Forgiveness<\/p>\n<p>Prohibit loan payments made while students are in medical or dental internships or residencies from counting toward forgiveness<\/p>\n<p>Pell Grant expansion<\/p>\n<p>Allow grants for short-term professional training certificates<\/p>\n<p> Food benefits <\/p>\n<p>SNAP state matching funds<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-tape-text-fg svelte-o03yjn\">After the provision was rejected, Republicans said they had revised the language to comply with the rules. Democrats will have the opportunity to review the change and challenge it.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"g-tape-text-bg svelte-o03yjn\">After the provision was rejected, Republicans said they had revised the language to comply with the rules. Democrats will have the opportunity to review the change and challenge it.<\/p>\n<p>SNAP eligibility for certain immigrants<\/p>\n<p>Limit food aid benefits to citizens or lawful permanent residents, with certain exceptions<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-tape-text-fg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"g-tape-text-bg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent price support authority<\/p>\n<p>A legislative mechanism usually addressed in the Farm Bill to prevent old agricultural laws from taking effect<\/p>\n<p> Immigration and justice <\/p>\n<p>State and local immigration enforcement<\/p>\n<p>Funding for states to conduct border security and immigration enforcement<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-tape-text-fg svelte-o03yjn\">Republicans submitted a revised version of this provision that states that nothing in the section \u201cshall authorize any state or local government to exercise immigration or border security authorities reserved exclusively to the federal government.\u201d They have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"g-tape-text-bg svelte-o03yjn\">Republicans submitted a revised version of this provision that states that nothing in the section \u201cshall authorize any state or local government to exercise immigration or border security authorities reserved exclusively to the federal government.\u201d They have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p>State and local law enforcement grant eligibility<\/p>\n<p> Limit eligibility for grants for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/us\/sanctuary-cities-trump-immigration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201csanctuary\u201d jurisdictions<\/a>, or if the attorney general disagrees with how states and localities enforce immigration policies <\/p>\n<p>State and local authority to arrest noncitizens<\/p>\n<p>Authority for state and local officials to arrest noncitizens suspected of being unlawfully present in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Limitation on lawsuits against the federal government<\/p>\n<p>Limit on preliminary injunctions or temporary restraining orders by requiring litigants to post potentially large bonds. This provision could have limited those seeking to block President Trump\u2019s executive actions.<\/p>\n<p>Limitation on the ability of the government to settle with third parties<\/p>\n<p>  Energy and environment <\/p>\n<p>Repeal of green energy and emissions reduction programs<\/p>\n<p>The parliamentarian ruled that the bill may take away funding from Inflation Reduction Act programs, but it may not repeal their authorization, so Congress could provide funding to them in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-tape-text-fg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"g-tape-text-bg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p>Repeal of E.P.A. tailpipe emissions rule<\/p>\n<p>Repeal of an E.P.A. regulation limiting vehicle emissions <\/p>\n<p>Environmental reviews<\/p>\n<p>A provision would have allowed project sponsors to expedite environmental reviews and avoid judicial scrutiny for a fee. The judicial review portion was found to violate the rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-tape-text-fg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"g-tape-text-bg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental compliance<\/p>\n<p>Automatic compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act for oil and gas lease sales <\/p>\n<p>Geothermal leasing and royalties<\/p>\n<p>Requirement for annual geothermal lease sales and changes to geothermal royalties<\/p>\n<p>Mining road in Alaska<\/p>\n<p>Approval for construction of the Ambler Road<\/p>\n<p>Natural gas exports and imports<\/p>\n<p>Fee for natural gas exporters to have their project \u201cdeemed to be in the public interest\u201d and approved<\/p>\n<p>Offshore oil and gas leasing<\/p>\n<p>Requirement that leases be issued within 90 days of a sale<\/p>\n<p>Public land sales<\/p>\n<p>Mandatory sales of Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service land to allow for more housing<\/p>\n<p>Renewable energy fees<\/p>\n<p>Removal of the Interior secretary\u2019s discretion to reduce fees for solar and wind projects on public land<\/p>\n<p> Banking and financial regulation <\/p>\n<p>Elimination of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-tape-text-fg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"g-tape-text-bg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p>Elimination of the Office of Financial Research funding<\/p>\n<p>The office is an independent bureau that is supposed to monitor risk on Wall Street<\/p>\n<p>Elimination of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board<\/p>\n<p>The board is an auditing watchdog created after the 2001 Enron scandal<\/p>\n<p>Reduction in pay of some Federal Reserve employees<\/p>\n<p>  Federal workers and government <\/p>\n<p>Limits on agency rulemaking<\/p>\n<p>A version of the REINS Act, which would give Congress more power over federal agency rules<\/p>\n<p>Agency reorganization<\/p>\n<p>Authorization for the executive branch to reorganize federal agencies<\/p>\n<p>Retirement contributions and worker protections<\/p>\n<p>Increase in the rate of required contributions to the federal retirement system for those who do not give up some civil service protections<\/p>\n<p>Cost-cutter bonuses<\/p>\n<p>Incentive program for federal employees to identify expenditures to cut<\/p>\n<p>Worker complaints<\/p>\n<p>Requirement that workers and former workers pay filing fees when they make complaints<\/p>\n<p>Electric U.S.P.S. vehicles<\/p>\n<p>Requirement that electric vehicles used by the Postal Service are sold<\/p>\n<p>Fees for unions<\/p>\n<p>New fee for federal worker unions\u2019 use of agency resources<\/p>\n<p> Other <\/p>\n<p>Defense spending plan enforcement<\/p>\n<p>Reduction in appropriations if Defense Department spending plans are not submitted on time<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard station repair<\/p>\n<p>The section in violation would apply to a specific damaged station on South Padre Island, Texas<\/p>\n<p>NASA space vehicle transfer<\/p>\n<p>Transfer of space shuttle to a nonprofit in Houston from the Smithsonian\u2019s National Air and Space Museum<\/p>\n<p class=\"g-tape-text-fg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"g-tape-text-bg svelte-o03yjn\">This provision was rewritten. Republicans have not announced whether the parliamentarian has approved this change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The parliamentarian made several rejections related to student aid and health coverage that were announced Thursday, including a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5959,16859,16856,16855,16858,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,16853,16857,1054,16854,277,67,586,16852,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-17386","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-donald-j","10":"tag-elizabeth","11":"tag-federal-budget-us","12":"tag-law-and-legislation","13":"tag-macdonough","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-2025","21":"tag-regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry","22":"tag-republican-party","23":"tag-senate","24":"tag-trump","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-united-states-of-america","27":"tag-united-states-politics-and-government","28":"tag-unitedstates","29":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","30":"tag-us","31":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114751930568593728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}