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Just In: Senate Rejects Measure to Kick
Illegals Off Medicaid 56-44 – RINO Susan
Collins Votes No!

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Posted By: DW626, 6/30/2025 7:54:35 PM

The Senate, during a vote-a-rama on the One Big Beautiful Bill on Monday afternoon, failed to include a provision that would end illegal aliens from fraudulently receiving Medicaid benefits. One Republican, RINO Susan Collins of Maine, actually voted for illegal aliens to continue receiving Medicaid benefits! Four Democrats voted in favor of the Motion. Per Townhall, the vote to remove illegals from Medicaid failed by a margin of 56-44. Removing illegals from Medicaid benefits was one of the key provisions in the bill that the unelected Senate Parliamentarian rejected by applying the “Byrd Rule.”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: downnout 6/30/2025 8:06:10 PM (No. 1971400)
Let her pay for the illegals medical bills out of her Senate salary. Miserable witch.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: sunset 6/30/2025 8:23:59 PM (No. 1971404)
What?! Insanity!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Califedup 6/30/2025 8:26:54 PM (No. 1971405)
The republican Senators are worst traitors than the communist death democrats. For the millionth time that are giving an big up thrust middle finger to We, the People who put them in the majority. Big Beautiful Bill my ass. Big Beautiful pile of Bullshite. The republican Senators memo is to To hell with the voters who elected them. So sick of this.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: hershey 6/30/2025 8:58:18 PM (No. 1971416)
Then those damned senators should foot the bill out of their ill gotten gains...reduce them to paupers....
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Reply 5 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 6/30/2025 9:04:13 PM (No. 1971421)
Our government persists in spending money they do not have. They know better but that does not stop them. This does not end well.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: BarryNo 6/30/2025 9:11:31 PM (No. 1971424)
Where is Vance? He can reject the parliamentarians "Advice". Then it wouldn't need 60 votes.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: CactusStar 6/30/2025 9:14:15 PM (No. 1971425)
The universal swamp wants them to stay, and it is your taxes that will make that happen.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: learner 6/30/2025 9:15:20 PM (No. 1971427)
I cannot for the life of me understand why the Republican leadership not tell the liberal parliamentarian thanks for the input but we will pass on it. The parliamentarian has no actual power. Spineless pubbies letting the whackado liberals call the shots. I am sick of this crap. Sen Thune needs to grow some stones or borrow some from Pam Bondi.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: GreatGreyhounds 6/30/2025 9:20:55 PM (No. 1971432)
First steps for the Communists taking back control of the Senate….
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Reply 10 - Posted by: itsonlyme 6/30/2025 9:41:26 PM (No. 1971446)
From the article: "One Republican, RINO Susan Collins of Maine, actually voted for illegal aliens to continue receiving Medicaid benefits! Four Democrats voted in favor of the Motion." The Deep State Deep Swamp like RINO'S. You would think Collins is embarrassed. She's not. Mayorkas Confirmation Vote. February, 2021 "Mayorkas received support from six Republican senators: Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio, Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkoswki of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Mitt Romney of Utah." https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/02/mayorkas-confirmed-homeland-security-465036 There's more to Collin's current stuttering than she is letting on. The Republicans need to take a hard look at someone who demands they kiss the feet of the "anointed" one.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Red Ghost 6/30/2025 9:50:51 PM (No. 1971451)
I am so furious I cannot see straight. This is friggin outrageous. OUTRAGEOUS! Who are the senators that voted against this? Why is it not in the article? AND why did Thune not just tell the parliamentarian to just go scratch? I knew he was a POS from day one. OUTRAGEOUS! You know what? These republicans are worse than democrats. I just might have to change my party registration back to democrat.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: anniebc 6/30/2025 10:22:17 PM (No. 1971459)
Another one Trump needs to help go home. She didn't just vote "for illegal aliens to continue receiving Medicaid benefits!" she voted for illegal aliens to continue to commit fraud by receiving Medicaid benefits. She needs to be dragged out of the Senate. The Pubs need to stop hiding behind this unelected parliamentarian; they think we're playing with them.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: whyyeseyec 6/30/2025 11:12:52 PM (No. 1971466)
If Trump let's this go and sign the BBB, he is a fool!!
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Reply 14 - Posted by: JSanders 6/30/2025 11:29:33 PM (No. 1971471)
Since Thune doesn't have the testicular fortitude to either 1. ignore this based witch installed by Harry Reid and 2. to fire her and replace her with someone dedicated to the Trump agenda selection we are stuck with the arcane reid rule which give gutless reps the opportunity to say "see, I really wanted to kick the 1.4 million illegals off Medicare, but we just didn't have the votes." A pathetic display of self-righteous moral indignation while not actually doing anything.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: DVC 7/1/2025 12:46:03 AM (No. 1971485)
Unreal. Our Senators WANT to provide free health care to ILLEGAL ALIEN CRIMINALS.
14 people like this.

Reply 16 - Posted by: cav16 7/1/2025 3:07:43 AM (No. 1971496)
You can bet these Rhinos are making big bucks for their votes! Disgusting!
9 people like this.

Reply 17 - Posted by: Msquared112 7/1/2025 7:00:19 AM (No. 1971531)
RINOs just can't stand success.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Strike3 7/1/2025 7:07:34 AM (No. 1971534)
Maine, please fix your primary problem. This sick woman continues to vote against the good of humanity but you keep voting her in. It makes no sense.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: tootall 7/1/2025 7:30:56 AM (No. 1971546)
This is infuriating. At 72 yrs old I am concerned that overloading Medicaid will seriously affect the quality and availability of my Healthcare just as I need it. Furthermore my children and grandchildren will have coverage issues going forward and skyrocketing costs going forward. I cannot underestimate the negligence of seeing that the Parliamentarian needed to be non-partisan, which obviously is not the case. This gave so-called Conservative Senators the ability to campaign for obviious needed changes while knowing that they would never occur. I guess the campaign contributions from big Pharma and all the other lobbyist didn't slow down one bit. Thune needs to replace the Parliamentarian NOW! NOW! Will there ever be a better time? I'm disgusted
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Reply 20 - Posted by: franco 7/1/2025 7:32:35 AM (No. 1971548)
Fire the parliamentarian. If she was appointed by Harry Reid -- now dead -- she's probably "served" well past her shelf life. Getting rid of Collins may prove more troublesome. Perhaps we sell Maine to Canada -- cheap?
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Reply 21 - Posted by: felixcat 7/1/2025 9:55:02 AM (No. 1971621)
Can someone point to me in the US Constitution the terms: Senate Parliamentarian or the Byrd Rule? So one person who is hired by the Senate basically re-writes legislation and the Republicans in the Senate are okay with that? Then why have a Senate?
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Reply 22 - Posted by: paral04 7/1/2025 11:52:12 AM (No. 1971683)
All the more reason to get those illegals out of here now!
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Reply 23 - Posted by: nwcudagal 7/1/2025 1:17:55 PM (No. 1971721)
RINO's need to be exterminated. Not in the way you might think, but they need to be chastised and humiliated and expelled from office. You would think the republican party and republican voters could get a handle on this, but to no avail. Sorry for the rant.
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