{"id":22253,"date":"2025-05-22T13:32:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T17:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=22253"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:33:14","slug":"merkley-statement-after-republican-reconciliation-bill-passed-out-of-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-statement-after-republican-reconciliation-bill-passed-out-of-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Statement After Republican Reconciliation Bill Passed Out of the House"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following House passage of the Republican reconciliation bill.<br><br><strong>\u201cHouse Republicans have just passed Trump\u2019s so called \u2018big, beautiful bill.\u2019 There is nothing beautiful about it. It is: families lose, billionaires win.<\/strong><br><br><strong>\u201cMillions of families will lose health care to fund tax breaks for billionaires. Millions of children will go hungry to fund tax breaks for billionaires. In addition, it runs up massive debt, undermining the ability to fund health care, education, and housing for the next generation.<\/strong><br><br><strong>\u201cThis is the Great Betrayal of American families. Trump campaigned on helping families. Instead, his presidency is all about hurting families to benefit billionaires.<\/strong><br><br><strong>\u201cAs Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, I will push for the Senate to reject this bill and instead push for a better plan: families thrive, and billionaires pay their fair share,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>said Ranking Member Jeff Merkley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following House passage of the Republican reconciliation bill. \u201cHouse Republicans have just passed Trump\u2019s so called \u2018big, beautiful bill.\u2019 There is nothing beautiful about it. 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