Shaheen Introduces Amendments to Improve Republican Budget Reconciliation Bill, Keep Costs from Skyrocketing

**Congressional Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill would slash Medicaid and food assistance benefits for tens of thousands of Granite Staters**
(Washington, DC) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH),a top member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, is offering multiple amendments to the Congressional Republican’s budget reconciliation bill that would keep health insurance and energy costs from skyrocketing, help more working families cover a greater share of the high cost of child care, make life-saving insulin more affordable for Granite Staters and more. In a Senate floor speech last night,Shaheen condemned the “Big Beautiful Bill”for ripping away health care and food assistance from millions of Americans, raising household energy costs, adding to the national debt and more in order to cut taxes for billionaires – labeling it the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single bill in history.
“While my Republican colleagues jam through a disastrous budget bill that punishes working families in order to make life easier for billionaires, I’m offering multiple amendments that would help lower costs and address real challenges for Granite Staters,”said Senator Shaheen.“At a time when families are getting squeezed by the high cost of living, we should be doing all we can to help them get ahead – this bill would do the exact opposite.”
Below is an overview of the amendments Senator Shaheen is introducing to lessen the harmful impacts of the Republican-led budget reconciliation bill:
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