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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, the big beautiful bill has passed through the Senate now,
but it did take our Vice President to make that happen.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
On this vote, the Ya's are fifty, the Na's are fifty,
the Senate being evenly divided, the Vice President votes in
the affirmative. The bill as amended is passed.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
There we go.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Roy and Neale joins us now for a little update
on what's happening with some of the details in all
of this. Roy, good morning, Welcome in.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Hey there, JT. Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
So a little bit later this morning, Congressman Gary Palmer
is going to join us to talk a little bit
about what the House is going to be doing and
where they're going to be standing on this is you
think this is a well greased machine at this point,
that it's going to go back and into an automatic
or are they going to have to kind of pick
through it a little bit more?
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Well, I did it well. First of all, ask the
congressman where he is. The first big issue is because
of storms in DC, a lot of members of Congress
haven't been able to get back to Washington after being
in their district. So make sure so a nose count
is the first order of the day. Remember, the big
beautiful bill only passed the House by one vote. A
(00:59):
second vote was there, but he actually slept through it.
So and the House Speaker can only afford to lose three.
We've heard a lot of complaints from some members of
the Republican caucus saying they don't like the changes the
Senate made, But you know, do they like it or
dislike it so much that they want to stop President
Trump's agenda.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
That's sort of the balancing act that's going on right now.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Well, a number of things that were being discussed in
this thing. Our Senator Katie Bridge was standing up for
this bill and in Senate wanted it to go through.
As far as the Medicaid issue go, she says, Alabama's
Medicaid provider tax will remain protected at six percent. It
will also include important rural hospital funding which is about
five hundred million dollars over the next fiscal five years,
(01:42):
and some other positive things going on with the Senate bill.
What are some of the things that Murkowski and the
Democrats thought, now, we can't do this. Was it the spending,
was it the debt ceiling?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Well, Murkowski, it was specifically the Medicaid cuts and that
rural hospital supplement that's say it's not enough for because
of the money that many of these hospital networks will
be losing. So the concern is that you know, some
counties or more counties in rural areas may go without
any hospital at all.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
So that's been a chief concern.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Also the food stamps or snap benefit cuts, because what
they're going to do is shift more of that cost
burden to the state rather than the federal government, and
the states might be a little bit more cash strapped, so.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
That could lead to a cut in benefits.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Well, Katie Britt is determined to reinforce that we will
not be hurting here in Alabama. This is not going
to be an issue here. But Chuck Schumer, my gosh,
talk about fear mongery. People will die, children will be
struggling and starved to that, I mean, it was unbelievably
over the top with his disdain for this bill.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Oh, I thought you were going to play it bye there,
I guess well look how I mean, Well, look, there's
going to be a trillion dollars in cuts, nine hundred
billion dollars in cuts to medicate over the neck over
the term of this bill. So some's got to give somewhere,
and whether it falls on the states to pick up
that slack. I know they want to get rid of
the waste, froud and abuse. That's been the top line
we heard from President Trump again yesterday.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
We know that these workplace.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Workforce requirements are going to force more people to get
off the couch and get a job in order to
get private insurance and get off Medicaid. But there's also
going to be cuts to the money that helps people
pay for those quote unquote Obamacare plans as well.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
So something's going to give here.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Yeah, here's Chuck Schummer.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Listen. The American people will not forget the betrayal. The
betrayal that took place today unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Well, I think we're on our way to getting this
thing passed. I think they will get the fourth of
July deadline meant that they wanted to, but you never know,
just like these juries out there right now in so
many different cases. Roy, thank you so much money for
the update.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
I appreciate you.
Well, the big beautiful bill has passed through the Senate now,
but it did take our Vice President to make that happen.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
On this vote, the Ya's are fifty, the Na's are fifty,
the Senate being evenly divided, the Vice President votes in
the affirmative. The bill as amended is passed.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
There we go.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
Roy and Neale joins us now for a little update
on what's happening with some of the details in all
of this. Roy, good morning, Welcome in.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Hey there, JT. Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
So a little bit later this morning, Congressman Gary Palmer
is going to join us to talk a little bit
about what the House is going to be doing and
where they're going to be standing on this is you
think this is a well greased machine at this point,
that it's going to go back and into an automatic
or are they going to have to kind of pick
through it a little bit more?
Speaker 4 (00:39):
Well, I did it well. First of all, ask the
congressman where he is. The first big issue is because
of storms in DC, a lot of members of Congress
haven't been able to get back to Washington after being
in their district. So make sure so a nose count
is the first order of the day. Remember, the big
beautiful bill only passed the House by one vote. A
(00:59):
second vote was there, but he actually slept through it.
So and the House Speaker can only afford to lose three.
We've heard a lot of complaints from some members of
the Republican caucus saying they don't like the changes the
Senate made, But you know, do they like it or
dislike it so much that they want to stop President
Trump's agenda.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
That's sort of the balancing act that's going on right now.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Well, a number of things that were being discussed in
this thing. Our Senator Katie Bridge was standing up for
this bill and in Senate wanted it to go through.
As far as the Medicaid issue go, she says, Alabama's
Medicaid provider tax will remain protected at six percent. It
will also include important rural hospital funding which is about
five hundred million dollars over the next fiscal five years,
(01:42):
and some other positive things going on with the Senate bill.
What are some of the things that Murkowski and the
Democrats thought, now, we can't do this. Was it the spending,
was it the debt ceiling?
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Well, Murkowski, it was specifically the Medicaid cuts and that
rural hospital supplement that's say it's not enough for because
of the money that many of these hospital networks will
be losing. So the concern is that you know, some
counties or more counties in rural areas may go without
any hospital at all.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
So that's been a chief concern.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Also the food stamps or snap benefit cuts, because what
they're going to do is shift more of that cost
burden to the state rather than the federal government, and
the states might be a little bit more cash strapped, so.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
That could lead to a cut in benefits.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Well, Katie Britt is determined to reinforce that we will
not be hurting here in Alabama. This is not going
to be an issue here. But Chuck Schumer, my gosh,
talk about fear mongery. People will die, children will be
struggling and starved to that, I mean, it was unbelievably
over the top with his disdain for this bill.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
Oh, I thought you were going to play it bye there,
I guess well look how I mean, Well, look, there's
going to be a trillion dollars in cuts, nine hundred
billion dollars in cuts to medicate over the neck over
the term of this bill. So some's got to give somewhere,
and whether it falls on the states to pick up
that slack. I know they want to get rid of
the waste, froud and abuse. That's been the top line
we heard from President Trump again yesterday.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
We know that these workplace.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Workforce requirements are going to force more people to get
off the couch and get a job in order to
get private insurance and get off Medicaid. But there's also
going to be cuts to the money that helps people
pay for those quote unquote Obamacare plans as well.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
So something's going to give here.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Yeah, here's Chuck Schummer.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Listen. The American people will not forget the betrayal. The
betrayal that took place today unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Well, I think we're on our way to getting this
thing passed. I think they will get the fourth of
July deadline meant that they wanted to, but you never know,
just like these juries out there right now in so
many different cases. Roy, thank you so much money for
the update.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
I appreciate you.
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