Valadao votes to support Trump megabill that will impact many of his constituents
In the next election, Central Valley representative, a mature target for the Democrats, David Valadao, his political future deeper this week, deeper the scope of Medicaid in favor of the legislation required for two -thirds of his components.
Hanford’s Republican Milk Farmers, despite President Trump’s concerns about Megabill, said he had voted to support this due to concessions that he would help negotiates to negotiate the district of $ 25 billion for rural hospitals, Western water infrastructure and agricultural investments.
According to UC Berkeley Business Center, more than half a million calm in the Valadao region is covered by the program known as Medi-Cal in California. While maintaining tax cuts benefiting from the rich, the law of law, both in the Assembly and in the Senate, will reduce federal medicaid expenditures for $ 1.04 trillion for 10 years. According to the predictions of non -partisan congress budget office.
Valadao said that its founders will directly benefit from various provisions in the legislation, including the expansion of tax cuts, the elimination of taxes on tips and overtime, and the expansion of the child tax loan.
“These are real gains that will put more money in the pockets of hardworking families throughout the valley,” he said. “No legislation is perfect, but this bill ultimately reflects its priorities. [my district] – Lower taxes, stronger farms, better infrastructure and Valley residents to protect access to health services. “
The Democrats promised to use Valadao’s vote to dismiss him in the 2026 elections. The region, which includes the areas of Kern, Kings and Tulare districts, is among the most competitive of the nation.
On Monday, Valadao, on Monday, on Monday, I would not support a final reconciliation invoice that made harmful interruptions to Medicaid and threatened critical funds against risk, or I could not support the final reconciliation invoice that threatened health services throughout the region.
After his vote on Thursday, Valadao said that he voted for protecting Medicaid for the “aimed buyers – children, pregnant women, disabled people and the elderly”.
Democratic Congress Campaign Committee spokesman Anna Elsaser, “David Valadao, Democratic Congress Campaign Committee spokesman Anna Elsaser,” David Valadao, the health services in the region of tens of thousands of people voted by voting a bill, “he said. We all knew it would endure when it was the most important. The rotating, not honest and will cost his seat in November next November. ”
“David Valadao lied. He voted for Medi-Cal, gave a tax reduction to the CEOs. We will pay with our lives.
The Democrats also plan to target the representative Ken Calvert (R-Corona) and representative Young Kim (R-Anaheim Hills) for supporting the Draft Law. Hundreds of protesters landed on Kim’s key office on Tuesday to encourage the Congress Member to oppose the legislation.
Trump’s proposal was narrowly on the US Senate on Tuesday, and Vice President JD Vance voted for a tie breaking due to the escape of three goop senators who participated in voting against each Democrat.
While the legislation reduces the fund for historical federal security network programs, including Medicaid and additional nutrition aid program, the President of the President will take over the country’s tax code in a dramatic way by providing great benefit to companies and the rich of the country.
A CBO analysis published on Sunday, the Senate version of the offer The national deficit would increase approximately 3.3 trillion dollars from 2025 to 2034, and 11.8 million Americans would lose health insurance in less than decade.
The legislation created a cleft among the Republicans, some of them opposed the money to add, while others expressed their concerns about how to affect their founders. Ultimately, however, GOP Congress members set aside their differences in order to get the bill on the desk of the Presidency until the Independence Day, as Trump wanted.
In a marathon session that ended early on Thursday morning, the members of the House of Representatives voted on Thursday, and on Thursday, the legislation, which was a victory for Trump and GOP legislative leaders, had 220-212 votes on Thursday.
Considering the willingness of Valadao’s confidence in Medicaid to opposing Trump and opposing his concerns about keeping his seat control, Wednesday’s Vote for Supporting the Procedure Vote before midnight.
According to California target book that prevents the congress races, more than 40% of the voters of the region are democratic, 28.3% are Republican and 23.3% are registered as party preferences.
48 -year -old Valadao served in the state council for a period before being elected to the Congress in 2012. He was re -elected twice before he was re -elected in 2018. In 2020, he recaptured the seat.
He drew the anger of the Republicans as one of the 10 GOP congress members who voted to influence Trump in 2021 after threw the US Capitol after the presidential elections in the 2020 presidential elections. However, Valadao did not encounter the same ordeal from Trump because of the long -standing relationship of Congress Member Kevin McCarthy from Bakersfield.
Gov. Gavin Newsom told journalists on Wednesday, Valadao’nun if he voted on the bill, he said.
“This is the final betrayal,” he said at a press conference in Burbank. “This is one of the most disastrous and destructive bills of our lives.”
Newsom predicted that if the invoice passes, hospitals would close, California would lose access to health and food stamps and that student loans would increase.
“I can resign early and say it’s a special choice if it supports it,” said Valadao. “If you betray your own election area such an extraordinary, extraordinary degree, you trust your own region. One of the poorest regions in the country.”
