Patrick Sullivan

Republicans' hugely unpopular bill is law; will they pay the electoral price for it they should? My research with @sullosaurus for @equitablegrowth has good news and bad news. The good: voters informed about the bill's effects overwhelmingly oppose it. equitablegrowth.org/americans-info…

If enacted, the #ReconciliationBill may be "most regressive U.S. tax and budget law in at least the past four decades." How are Americans’ views of the bill affected by information about its regressive effects? @Jacob_S_Hacker and @sullosaurus explore: equitablegrowth.org/working-papers…

About 26 people in Iowa pay the estate tax each year - The estate tax is paid by less than 1 in 1,000 estates - wealthiest heirs in the country (ie not family farmers)

Hope so. What a giant fucking failwhale of a bill.

@lisamurkowski Legislation speaks louder than words nytimes.com/2025/06/29/us/…

This was one of the hardest votes I have taken during my time in the Senate.   My goal throughout the reconciliation process has been to make a bad bill better for Alaska, and in many ways, we have done that. In addition to extending pro-growth tax cuts, a larger child tax credit, and no tax on tips or overtime, we made a historic investment and modernization of the Coast Guard; enhanced our border security and national defense; funded aviation safety, including AWOS/VWOS systems that will save lives; and provided tax-exempt status for the Community Development Quota Program to help western Alaska communities establish a sustainable economy, among other provisions.   We have advanced new opportunities for resource development in the NPR-A, the Coastal Plain, and Cook Inlet that will help us create jobs and increase the share of revenues our state receives. I also co-led the Senate effort to restore a slightly longer phase-out for wind and solar tax credits while deleting a punitive excise tax targeting them.   Those provisions will benefit our economy, but it is the people of Alaska that I worry about the most, especially when it comes to the potential loss of social safety net programs—Medicaid coverage and SNAP benefits—that our most vulnerable populations rely on.   To address the bill’s shortcomings, we have helped our communities through a $50 billion rural health fund. This will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for Alaska hospitals, community health centers, and other providers. We secured commitments from the CMS Administrator to continue to address longstanding priorities which will directly help Bartlett, Fairbanks Memorial, Central Peninsula, and other hospitals in Alaska.   In the SNAP program, we have added tribal exemptions for work requirements, delayed cost-share penalties to help Alaska get benefits to the people who need them, and included work requirement waivers that align with our Medicaid policies. We also secured commitments from the Secretary of Agriculture to provide additional flexibilities to Alaska for SNAP.   But, let’s not kid ourselves. This has been an awful process—a frantic rush to meet an artificial deadline that has tested every limit of this institution. While we have worked to improve the present bill for Alaska, it is not good enough for the rest of our nation—and we all know it.   My sincere hope is that this is not the final product. This bill needs more work across chambers and is not ready for the President’s desk. We need to work together to get this right.

Senate Republicans made a horrible House bill even worse. House Republicans should step back & find the courage to say no to any bill that would raise costs & take health coverage & food assistance away from people struggling to afford the basics.

But more importantly, they should vote "NO" on this horrendous and cruel piece of legislation because it's the right thing to do...

Republican members of Congress should take note Republicans who voted to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act in 2017 were more likely to lose reelection than their co-partisans who voted "No" link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Trying to stay cautiously optimistic that we will see a few "profiles in courage" in the House today in the form of "NO" votes on the most regressive tax and budget bill in living memory

"healthcare that ought by right go to his fellow citizens" says guy taking healthcare from tens of millions of his fellow citizens

100K+ people will die from preventable deaths when millions lose their health insurance. Hard to see how that is immaterial.

Ordinary Republicans hate Trump's bill once they understand what it actually does motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

More evidence -- here from Howard Gleckman over at TPC - at how the Senate bill has become more extreme, including more regressive on the tax side taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/pending…