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SENATE GOP STILL TRYING TO FIND A WAY FORWARD ON THE MURDER BUDGET The Senate GOP was hoping to vote to start debate today on their version of the MAGA murder budget. It now looks as if that will be delayed until at least tomorrow. Why? Well, two problems: They don’t have the bill. While Republicans have managed to get their new scheme to shift food assistance costs to the states and call it savings approved by the Senate parliamentarian, they have now taken even more hits, with Byrd rulings against their attack on Medicaid provider taxes alone costing them $250 billion. They’ve also lost their attempts to force trans care bans, keep undocumented folks from accessing health care, and shifting public money to corporate schools. The Center for American Progress estimates roughly $587 billion of what they planned to “save” has been blocked by the parliamentarian, of which at least $240 billion is expected to stick. They have a lot of rewriting still to do. (Senate Majority Leader John Thune is publicly indicating he will not seek to overrule the parliamentarian even as Republicans begin to call for her firing.) They don’t have the votes. Even if they get their Medicaid provisions approved by the parliamentarian, multiple GOP senators are still worried about being held responsible for deep cuts. And they should be – new data from the Kaiser Family Foundation indicates every state will see at least a 27% increase in its uninsured rate under the Republican plans, and Families USA has estimated 380 independent rural hospitals will be at risk of closure. And to top it all off, they still don’t have an agreement on the state and local tax deduction that can pass the House. Donald Trump continues to insist that they meet his arbitrary July 4th deadline, so the Senate should have a busy weekend ahead. We’re not taking the days off, either. Let’s: Call our senators ourselves once again and tell them exactly what we think of this bill. We can find language to work off at 5Calls or here. Each reach out to one person we know, especially if they have Republican senators, and ask them to call as well. We can find some tips on how to do this via Matthew Cortland here. Source-Joe Katz, Rogan's List