Key Medicaid provision in Trump's bill is found to violate Senate rules. The GOP is scrambling
LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent
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President Donald Trump gestures after arriving on Air Force One on Wednesday at Joint Base Andrews, Md.
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Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, is joined at left by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as they talk to reporters on Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington about Senate Republicans' efforts to pass President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending agenda with deeper Medicaid cuts.
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Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during a confirmation hearing on Jan. 15 at the Capitol in Washington.
WASHINGTON — The Senate parliamentarian advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber's procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish the package this week.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, is joined at left by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as they talk to reporters on Wednesday at the Capitol in Washington about Senate Republicans' efforts to pass President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending agenda with deeper Medicaid cuts.
