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40 minutes ago
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Draws On Bartending Experience To Slam Trump's Bill
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) delivered on Wednesday a fiery breakdown of how she believes President Donald Trump's so-called Big Beautiful Bill would actually hurt service workers, drawing on her past experience as a bartender and server. She argued that the way a popular campaign proposal, 'no tax on tips,' was written in the bill meant it would have a small impact for most tipped service industry workers — and potentially come at the expense of food assistance, health care and other essential government benefits. The congresswoman spoke for around two minutes on the House floor during a period of debate on the legislation. She began by responding to an insult from Trump. 'He says he doesn't think I'm too much of a smart person,' she said. 'It doesn't take a smart person to know if you're being lied to. President Trump, you're either being lied to, or you're lying to the American people because this bill represents — in the text of this bill — the largest and greatest loss of health care in American history.' Then she pivoted: 'On this point, on tax on tips, as one of the only people in this body who has lived off of tips, I want to tell you a little bit about the scam of that text, a little bit of the fine print there,' she said. Ocasio-Cortez worked at a Manhattan restaurant to help her family make ends meet before winning her seat in 2018. She continued: 'The cap on that is $25,000 while you're jacking up taxes on people who make less than $50,000 across the United States, while taking away their SNAP, while taking away their Medicaid, while kicking them off of the ACA [Affordable Care Act] and their health care extensions. So if you're at home, and you're living off tips, you do the math. Is that worth it to you? Losing all your health care, not being able to feed your babies, not being able to put a diaper on their bottom, in exchange for what?' An analysis by the Congressional Budget Office found that the bill would likely leave some 16 million Americans uninsured. 'This bill is a deal with the devil,' Ocasio-Cortez said. 'It explodes our national debt. It militarizes our entire economy. And it strips away health care and the basic dignity of the American people for what? To give Elon Musk a tax break?' 'You should be ashamed,' Ocasio-Cortez told her Republican colleagues before walking away from the podium, inspiring a rebuke from House Speaker Pro Tempore Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) about avoiding personal attacks. An analysis by The New York Times based on an earlier version of the bill — which did not set a cap — found that the Republicans' 'no tax on tips' plan would benefit a narrower category of workers than the slogan implies. The $25,000 limit on the amount of tips that workers can claim in their deductions would shrink the benefits of the policy further. The broad idea remains popular though, both with elected officials and voters. With the Senate having very narrowly passed a different version of the 'big, beautiful bill' on Tuesday, the legislation is now back in the House for possible revisions and approval. Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Draw Massive Crowd In Red State 'Disrespectful Men': AOC Goads Republicans During Heated Medicaid Exchange AOC Says She Won't Seek Top Spot On Oversight Committee
CNN
6 hours ago
- Business
- CNN
‘Deal with the devil': AOC rails on House floor over Trump's megabill
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells House members that the provisions in the proposed budget bill 'jack up' taxes on those making less than $50,000.
CNN
7 hours ago
- Business
- CNN
‘Deal with the devil': AOC rails on House floor over Trump's megabill
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells House members that the provisions in the proposed budget bill 'jack up' taxes on those making less than $50,000.
CNN
7 hours ago
- Business
- CNN
‘Deal with the devil': AOC rails on House floor over Trump's megabill
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells House members that the provisions in the proposed budget bill 'jack up' taxes on those making less than $50,000.
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Possible 2028 Democrats target Vance on GOP megabill tiebreaker
Democrats considered potential candidates for the 2028 presidential election quickly pounced on Vice President Vance for casting the tiebreaking vote to pass President Trump's massive tax and spending bill in the Senate. From Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic hopefuls placed blame squarely on Vance, who could launch his own bid to succeed Trump in 2028. 'JD Vance was the deciding vote to cut Medicaid across the country,' Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a post on the social platform X. 'An absolute and utter betrayal of working families.' 'VP Vance has cast the deciding vote in the Senate to cut Medicaid, take away food assistance, blow up the deficit, and add tax breaks for the wealthiest,' Buttigieg, a former 2020 presidential primary candidate, wrote in a post on X. 'This bill is unpopular because it is wrong. Congress votes this week, but it's our voices – and our votes – that will have the final say,' he added. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who often serves as a foil to the president, similarly took to X, telling supporters to 'Bookmark this' in response to news that the 100-seat legislative body passed the bill in a 51-50 vote. The vice president, in his constitutional role as president of the Senate, is called in to cast a vote in the event of a tie. 'JD Vance is the ultimate reason why 17 million Americans will lose their healthcare,' Newsom said. The final Senate vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act came on Tuesday after hours of tense negotiations that lasted through the night. Lawmakers worked through the weekend before launching a 27-hour marathon of amendment votes on the floor, during which Republican leaders sought to win the support of holdouts. GOP Sens. Thom Tillis (N.C.), Rand Paul (Ky.) and Susan Collins (Maine) voted against the measure, along with every Democrat. The bill includes the largest cuts to Medicaid since the program began in the 1960s, a move expected to cause a spike in the number of uninsured Americans over the next decade. Almost 12 million lower-income Americans would lose their health insurance by 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The bill is projected to cost more than $3 trillion over the next decade, but it would be partially paid for with about $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid. Trump and most congressional Republicans say the reductions aren't true cuts. They argue nobody who should be on Medicaid will lose benefits. 'We're cutting $1.7 trillion in this bill, and you're not going to feel any of it,' Trump said at the White House last week. It still needs to pass the House again, where some moderate Republicans have expressed concerns about the cuts. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
