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House Republicans are eyeing a vote on the final package before Memorial Day, even as they have yet to reach consensus on several key issues.
Democrats on the committee introduced a series of amendments aimed at increasing the top marginal tax rate to its pre-2017 level of 39.6%, closing the carried-interest loophole, and blocking any tax breaks to centimillionaires and wealthy heirs. Republicans rejected every single one.
Congress is considering deep cuts to Medicaid, with Rep. Auchincloss saying millions could lose their health care, including in Fall River.
The package is touching off the biggest political debate over taxes and spending in nearly a decade, with GOP divisions already emerging.
The health cuts would save $715 billion but leave 8.6 million more people without coverage nationwide, the Congressional Budget Office said. How would it affect NC?