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GOP leaders hope to have the sweeping bill to President Trump's desk by July 4, but some Senate Republicans are speaking out about what the bill would mean for the debt and Medicaid.

At the center of the sweeping bill is trillions in tax cuts, which Republicans aim to partially offset through changes to safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

President Trump spoke to House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to persuade holdouts in his party to back a massive tax bill that includes cuts to Medicaid.

The pragmatic congresswoman prioritizes local services over culture wars to woo blue-collar voters, but progressives worry her nonpartisan approach won’t confront Trump’s escalating authoritarianism in the coming midterms.

A bill that passed a key committee vote in Congress this week would add a work requirement for some on Medicaid and would jeopardize billions in Medicaid funding for Oregon.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden would be 79 when he's up for reelection.

Senate Bill 952 passed through the chamber 16-13.

The New York Republican, who served in Congress for barely a year before his House colleagues ousted him in 2023, pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, has been attending small gatherings in Silverton, where a few attendees showed up to discuss issues concerning their town. Many locals noted that previous representatives rarely visited their town, emphasizing the importance of being heard despite low turnout.

Dexter called the Trump administration's deportation of Abrego Garcia "a constitutional crisis."