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The Debate That Democrats Want and Republicans Fear
Members of the minority party might be outraged over DOGE or Ukraine, but they’re on stronger ground attacking GOP plans to cut the social safety net.
Who wants to talk about Medicaid?
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Democrats really want to talk about the Republican Party’s plans for the federal budget.
Not about DOGE, not about Ukraine, not about Kash Patel, not about the president implicitly or explicitly comparing himself to Napoleon or a king. For Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate, the preferred topic of discussion is the fiscal framework currently wending its way through the House of Representatives, where trillions of dollars in tax cuts will be partially offset with cuts to health care and food assistance for the poor.