Murphy says he thinks ‘there's a chance' Trump's megabill doesn't pass
'Sen. Murphy, do you think there's any chance that the so-called big, beautiful bill does not pass the Senate?' NBC News's Kristen Welker asked Murphy on 'Meet the Press.'
'I do think there's a chance it doesn't pass. They are trying to ram it through as quickly as they can, likely in the middle of the night tonight, because every day that this bill hangs out there, it becomes less popular,' Murphy replied.
'As you noted, by almost a 2-to-1 margin, the American people hate this piece of legislation, because it's going to represent the biggest transfer of wealth and money from the poor and the middle class to the rich in the history of the country,' he added.
Senate Republicans on Saturday narrowly voted to advance a nearly 1,000-page bill to implement Trump's agenda despite opposition from two of their members.
Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) both voted against advancing the package. Paul has opposed a provision to increase the debt limit by $5 trillion, while Tillis has said the bill would cost North Carolina $38.9 billion in federal Medicaid funding.
'I cannot support this bill in its current form. It would result in tens of billions of dollars in lost funding for North Carolina, including our hospitals and rural communities,' Tillis said in a prior statement.
'This will force the state to make painful decisions like eliminating Medicaid coverage for hundreds of thousands in the expansion population, and even reducing critical services for those in the traditional Medicaid population,' he added.
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