The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee rolled out a new ad hitting Senate Republicans over President Trump’s legislative agenda as the upper chamber prepares to take up the bill.
The 60-second digital ad, titled “Devastating,” warns the legislation would result in cuts to Medicaid. The spot includes local news clips from across the country detailing the effects of potential cuts.
The House passed Trump’s legislative agenda, also known as his “big, beautiful bill” by a single vote last week, sending it to the Senate for consideration. Republican senators have vowed to rewrite the legislation, but there are already signs of division between the party’s moderate and conservative flanks in the upper chamber over various pieces of the bill, including potential cuts to Medicaid.
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Thom Tillis (R-S.C.), who are both facing competitive reelection battles, as well as Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), are at odds with conservative Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) over the potential cuts to Medicaid. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a conservative, has also warned against the potential cuts to Medicaid.
The final package needs 51 votes to pass through the Senate before it must pass through the House again. Identical legislation must get through both chambers before Trump can sign it into law.
Democrats have sought to make potential cuts to programs like Medicaid an attack line against Republicans going into next year’s midterm elections. However, Republicans have pushed back against that line, billing the legislation as a major tax cut across the board.
