Senator Dayna Polehanki

Senator Dayna Polehanki

16 hours ago

RESOLUTION NO. 64 Senators Cherry, McMorrow, Moss, Polehanki and Santana offered the following resolution:

A resolution to condemn the Trump Administration and congressional Republican’s support of the divisive “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that raises costs for Michiganders, slashes Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC), adds burdensome hurdles to important tax relief measures for low-income households, drives more families into poverty by giving tax cuts to the most wealthy households, and sets back progress on a clean energy future while increasing energy costs on Americans.

Whereas, The Trump Administration’s budget reconciliation bill, House Resolution 1, named the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” is a raw deal for the citizens of the United States (U.S.) and Michigan by cutting programs that millions of citizens rely on and gives tax breaks to multi-millionaires and billionaires; and

Whereas, President Trump and congressional Republicans have campaigned for the past 10 years on concerns regarding the national debt but are preparing to add $2.8 trillion additional debt to the U.S. over the next 10 years, which represents an economic and national security threat to our citizens and will burden our children and grandchildren with this debt; and

Whereas, President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will significantly increase the financial burden on working- and middle-class Americans by eliminating or reducing basic needs programs; and

Whereas, The bill proposes deep systematic cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing healthcare access for millions of low-income families, seniors, children, and individuals with disabilities; and

Whereas, Medicaid covers one in four Michiganders, with 2.6 million Michiganders receiving access to healthcare each month through Medicaid, including one million children (Medicaid covers 45 percent of all Michigan births), 300,000 people living with disabilities, 168,000 seniors, and 750,000 adults in the Healthy Michigan Plan; and

Whereas, Medicaid is the largest health insurance program in the U.S. and restricting access to this vital lifeline will negatively impact the access of millions of citizens to healthcare as hospitals will be forced to reduce staffing, eliminate services, and close their doors, with rural hospitals, often the largest employers, taking the hardest hit; and

Whereas, President Trump’s legislation slashes funding for SNAP, taking away food from over 1.4 million Michiganders (15 percent of our state’s population), and forcing food insecurity on vulnerable households, including children, veterans, and the elderly; and

Whereas, Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC, as proposed by the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans, will create an estimated $2 billion hole in Michigan’s budget; and

Whereas, This bill takes the money cut from Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC and gives it to wealthy individuals and large corporations through tax cuts, by extending the 2017 tax cuts that resulted in benefits to the wealthiest 10 percent and rising costs for the bottom 90 percent from President Trump’s tariffs and slashing of basic needs programs; and

Whereas, The bill increases the Child Tax Credit only for the wealthiest of families and leaves 20 million children in working families with no additional benefit and receiving less (or no) health care or food support, pushing more families (especially those with children) into poverty; and

Whereas, Millions of families that rely on the Earned Income Tax Credit will now have additional burdensome hurdles to receiving their benefits, hindering and stifling families from rising out of poverty; and

Whereas, The legislation seeks to eliminate or scale back resources for clean energy projects, undermining climate goals, exacerbating the effects of climate change, stifling innovation, and threatening progress toward a sustainable and environmentally secure future; and

Whereas, An independent analysis estimates that the congressional Republicans’ bill will raise the cost of energy prices for households and businesses by nearly seven percent by 2026, equating to approximately $110 for the average American household, nearly canceling out any benefit for working class families; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate, That the members of this legislative body condemn the Trump Administration and congressional Republican’s support of the divisive “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that raises costs for Michiganders, slashes Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC), adds burdensome hurdles to important tax relief measures for low-income households, drives more families into poverty by giving tax cuts to the most wealthy households, and sets back progress on a clean energy future while increasing energy costs on Americans; and be it further

Resolved, That we urge members of Congress to reject this legislation in its entirety, and to instead pursue policies that fully fund Medicaid, SNAP, and WIC, protect vulnerable communities, expand access to healthcare, promote clean energy, and ensure a fair and equitable tax system for all Americans; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the members of the Michigan congressional delegation. ... See MoreSee Less

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