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Washington (AP) -The Republicans of the House proposed on Monday, on Monday in President Donald Trump's great priority bill, which have so far been paid at least 4.9 trillion dollars of at least 4.9 trillion US dollars, some of them with cuts against Medicaid, Food Markers and Green Energy programs used by millions of Americans.

The house democrats are expected to hold a briefing at 12.15 p.m. EDT. Take a look at our video player at the top.

The house and the mean of the committee called its package “The big, beautiful calculation” in all major letters, an allusion to Trump itself. It is an attempt to extend the tax benefits that increase the first term of Trump during the first term – and the standard deduction, the tax credit for children and the exemption from discount tax – new tax benefits for top wages, overtime and car loans Add that Trump promised during his campaign for the White House.

Read more: House Republicans presented proposed Medicaid cuts. Democrats say millions will lose reporting

There is also a tripling of the state and local tax deduction, Salt, from $ 10,000 to $ 30,000 for couples that have already rejected certain GOP legisans from New York and California as too poor. Private universities would be controlled up to 21 percent with a high new tax on their foundations because the Trump administration of the Ivy League and other locations pursue. And an unusual provision would terminate the tax-exempt status of groups that the Foreign Ministry says to support “terrorists” who warn the supporters of civil society is one way of possibly punishing those who are in contradiction with the Trump administration.

The minority leader Hakeem Jeffries is expected to hold a news information at 12:45 p.m. Watch live in the video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-cedio_gma

Overall, the package affects the largest political debate about taxes, expenses and the nation's priorities in almost a decade. The congress has not struggled with laws since 2017 when the Republicans approved the Trump tax reductions, but also could not be able and replaced the law on affordable care or Obamacar. The cost evaluations are only temporary and are expected to increase.

“The Republicans have to unite,” wrote Trump on social media before leaving after a trip to the Middle East.

Trump said when he returned to Washington: “We will work together on all outstanding topics, but there shouldn't be many – the bill is great. We have no alternative, we have to win!”

Read more: The White House to reveal Trump's budget of 2026, which is expected to reduce or eliminate many federal programs

But a key republican, Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri, asked his party not to affect Medicaid, and argued that the reduction in health care for tax relief is both “morally false and politically suicidal”.

“If the Republicans want to be a party of the working class, if we want to be a majority celebration-we have to ignore calls to shorten medicaid and give America's promise for the American workers,” wrote Hawley in the New York Times.

In the late Monday, the House Agriculture Committee released its suggestions and reduced $ 290 billion from federal nutrition programs, partly by relocating the costs to the states and demanded that it are able to meet the work requirements until they are 64 years and not 54 years old to qualify for food aid.

Work around the clock

When the Republicans race for House Speaker Mike Johnson's commemoration day to pass Trump's big bill, they prepare for flooding the zone around the clock from Tuesday and sewing the various sections together in a massive package.

The upcoming policy is uncertain. The cross -party joint committee for taxes said on Monday that the tax benefits would reduce 4.9 trillion dollars in the course of the decade – and that was before Trump's new tax reliefs were included.

The Texas Rep. Chip Roy, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, warned that the price is increasing to 20 trillion US dollars and increasing to deficits and debts.

REGARD: Rep. Chip Roy says that GOP leader must show us in the tax reduction “mathematics”, conversations medicaid, conversations

“I hope that House & Senate Leadership is developing a backup plan,” Roy posted on social media.

The Republicans of the house have teamed up behind closed doors and developed final provisions in the 389-page tax share of the package.

Legislation suggests increasing the standard deduction, which many Americans use by USD $ 32,000 per budget and increase the tax credit for children from $ 2,000 to four years. It adds a new requirement to prevent immigrants from benefiting from the loan, even if the children are US citizens who are the center for household and political priorities, a liberal thought factory that would affect estimates from 4.5 million children, the US citizens or lawful residents.

It would also increase the exemption from estate tax, which is now $ 14 million, to $ 15 million and future index increases for inflation.

REGARD: People with disabilities explain how Medicaid's cuts could affect their lives

With regard to the President's promises, Trump's legislation encompasses “No Taxes” and offers a deduction for employees in the service industry and other jobs that have traditionally rely on tips. It indicates the finance minister to issue guidelines to avoid playing the company.

The package also offers tax reliefs for buyers of automobiles with a temporary deduction of up to 10,000 US dollars for car lovers, whereby the service is only used for those vehicles where the final assembly took place in the USA. The tax compensation would expire at the end of Trump's term.

For seniors there would be a deduction of 4,000 US dollars for social security wages for people with adapted income for individuals and $ 150,000 for couples.

However, a hard -fought destination, the deduction for state and local taxes that are known as salt, seems to be in the works. The legislation suggests that the upper limit for single files and $ 30,000 for couples to $ 15,000, but with a reduction in higher incomes -around 200,000 US dollars for singles and $ 400,000 for couples.

“Still a hell, no,” wrote Rep. Nick Lalota, Rn.Y., on social media.

Fight for medicaid, food aid

In the meantime, dozens of Republicans from House Johnson and GOP have notified that they will not support reductions in Medicaid who will provide around 70 million Americans in healthcare, for environmentally friendly energy supplies to which companies are investing in new wind, solar and renewable projects at home.

A total of 11 committees in the house have put together their sections of the package, as the Republicans strive for savings of at least 1.5 trillion dollars to cover the costs of maintaining tax benefits in 2017 that expire at the end of the year.

The last section of the agricultural committee suggested that the supplementary nutrition and auxiliary program referred to as SNAP to reduce the work requirements, restrict the future expansions of the program and the states are forced to cover more costs.

REGARD: People with disabilities explain how Medicaid's cuts could affect their lives

Together with the new work requirements for older Americans, some parents of children who are older than 7 years to qualify would have to be 18 years old. Only areas with unemployment rates of over 10 percent would be possible for waiver.

Some Republicans have already sentenced themselves to the increased costs for the states, which at least 5 percent of the costs for SNAP allocations have to contribute from 2028.

At the same time, legislation would invest 60 billion US dollars in new money for agricultural programs and send help to farmers.

On Sunday, the Republicans of the House in the Energy and Trade Committee revealed the cost-saving centerpiece of the package with at least $ 880 billion of reductions for Medicaid in order to cover the costs for the tax benefits.

While the Republicans insist that they simply have “waste, fraud and abuse” to achieve savings with new work and authorization requirements, the Democrats warn that millions of Americans will lose cover. In the 15 years since Obamacare became law, Medicaid has only expanded because most countries have dismantled federal funds.

A preliminary estimate by the impartial congress household office said that the proposals would reduce the number of people with health care by 8.6 million.

In order to question Medicaid, it would result in new “community engagement requirements” of at least 80 hours per month of work, education or service for adults without relatives. People would have to check their justification twice a year as just once in order to be in the program.

Significant cuts are proposed for programs and tax reliefs around green energy and tax breaks, which turns back the strategies for climate change from the bid era inflation reduction law.

Amanda Seitz, Leah Askarinam and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

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