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Problems multiply for Trump bill in Senate

Senate GOP leadership is being pulled in different directions over President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” amid concerns over spending cuts for Medicaid and food stamps, as some budget hawks also demand more deficit reduction.

© Greg Nash

The latest headache for negotiators is a proposal being pushed by fiscal conservatives to root out more than $200 billion in what they’re calling waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare.

Here are some of the issues that threaten to derail the Senate bill.

Medicaid: Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are threatening to vote against the bill if it reduces Medicaid benefits to constituents, and they have yet to see what language the Se

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