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October 17, 2017
Before President Donald Trump and congressional leaders can approve a massive tax cut plan that mainly benefits the wealthy, they first have to push a budget resolution through the Senate. But right now, the vote tally for a resolution that would unlock the fast track process known as reconciliation is not certain.
Number of the Day
325 million - Number of Shetland ponies that could be bought - enough to provide one to each American - for the cost of repealing the federal inheritance tax. (Source: Center for American Progress)October 16, 2017
Louisiana’s Medicaid program has grown considerably in recent years - from less than $8 billion five years ago to more than $12 billion in the current budget cycle. Most of that growth is due to an influx of federal funding associated with Medicaid expansion, and it’s buying something very important: secure, portable health coverage for more than 400,000 low-income adults.
Number of the Day
Number of the Day $57 million - State dollars spent, of $147 million promised, to bring IBM to downtown Baton Rouge. (Source: The Advocate)October 13, 2017
Having failed to push a health care repeal bill through Congress, President Donald Trump used his executive authority Thursday to destabilizing health insurance markets in two significant ways.