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Ledyard King

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Managing Editor @nationaljournal Daily -- Formerly: @usatoday, @virginianpilot, @SunSentinel, @pbpost, @capgaznews, @COMatBU. email: [email protected]

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For those that are paying attention to the renewal of the ACA premium tax credit, bookmark this for later this year. Murkowski, Tillis, and Sullivan are a few Senate Rs that have expressed interest in extending the popular tax credit, while Senate leadership has been hesitant to

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New: An ad-hoc group of doctors and scientists are taking matters into their own hands and forming an alternative to the CDC's vaccine panel, w/ the aim of continuing support for immunization. First ACIP meeting with new RFK Jr. appointments is next Wed.njour.nl/s/728780/

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E&C Chair Brett Guthrie says he's keeping an eye on where senators land on agreement for provider taxes, and will then discuss with members on plan forward. "The E&C committee exceeded its savings number of $880b and would like to see some of the additional savings spent on

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Sen. Rand Paul says that if “President Trump decides that he's going to bomb Iran, he needs to come to a joint session of Congress and ask for permission, and Congress would have to declare war on Iran. That is war on Iran.”

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Ron Johnson tells reporters that fiscal hawks were able to cinch an agreement for an amendment vote on Rick Scott's FMAP proposal. Says this is an "amendment we're confident of," and that the group has already "whipped something very similar and it's very close."

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BREAKING: The CBO estimates that Trump's "big, beautiful bill" would add $3.3 trillion in budget deficits over the next 10 years axios.com/2025/06/29/sen…

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Greg Murphy, who previously said he would not vote for the Senate version bc of provider tax language and has issues with endowment tax, now says he doesn’t know how he’s going to vote on the bill. “I’m going to make that a game-time decision, which I don’t like to do.” Says

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Said he’s still reviewing the bill, and has questions on whether the $50B rural hospital fund will be enough for his district — or will hospitals be forced to cut services/ close down

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Sounds like Norman is shifting; in a gaggle with reporters today, he says "I can't tell you if I'm a yes, I can't tell you if I'm a no." Says holdouts are trying to figure out what can be done through this bill vs what can be achieved through executive orders or future bills