Protesters gave aid to an Orange County lawmaker Tuesday, which could be a key vote for President Trump to propose cutting more than $1 trillion in federal dollars, which will help pay for health care for those in need and provide tax cuts to millions of Americans.
Trump’s “a large bill bill” narrowly passed for hours in the U.S. Senate, before hundreds gathered in a CUL-DE-SAC outside Republican Rep. Young Kim’s Anaheim field office in protest of the cuts. The legislation still needs to be voted by the U.S. House of Representatives, which could be done by this weekend.
“I don’t know why they call it beautiful because nothing is beautiful. It’s harmful, reckless, cruel, and it hurts people,” said UCLA’s nurse Melody Mendenhall, who is active in the California Nurses Association. “Rep. Young Kim, hearing our crying, hearing our voices. We need our Medicaid. We can’t afford this reckless cut and behavior.”
A security guard blocked the parking lot to Kim Jong Il’s office, with at least six Anaheim police officers watching the protests.
Several people who seemed to be Kim King employees rushed into the outdoors as protesters marched into the building, and they failed, tried to enter it, and then began to yell “Shame! Shame!”
King said in a statement that her door was always open to Californians in her area.
“I understand some of my voters are concerned and know the importance of Medicaid to many in my community, which is why I voted to protect and strengthen Medicaid for the most vulnerable citizens who really need it,” King said. “I have met with many local healthcare advocates in recent months.”
Trump’s proposal will approve the major benefits of the company and the wealthy in the United States through layoffs approved during the first term of the president, while cutting the historic federal security network program and the historic federal security network program including the Medicament Supplementary Nutrition Assistance program, which will help provide food for low-income Americans, which will approve the wealthy in the United States and the rich in the country, resulting in a substantial overhaul.
About 15 million Californians (more than a third of states) are in Medi-Cal (the state’s Medicaid), with some of them supporting Trump’s highest percentage in the November election. More than half of California children receive medical insurance through Medi-Cal.
With Kim Jong Il’s support, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a version of the Republican bill. The U.S. Senate almost approved a revised version of the bill on Tuesday. The defection of three Republican senators means Vice President JD Vance has to vote to get it through the chamber.
The House and Senate will now work to reconcile their two different versions of the bill. This week is regional work week for members of Congress, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) ordered members to return to Washington, D.C. to vote on a bill that could happen Wednesday or Thursday.
Republicans hope to link legislation to President Trump’s desk by Independence Day on Friday, although there are some concerns among their members about whether they have enough votes, as potential defectors and the United Democratic opposition.
An analysis released Sunday by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Senate version of the proposal will increase the national deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion from 2025 to 2034 and will result in 11.8 million Americans losing health insurance in less than a decade.
Trump praised the bill for its passage on social media and urged House Republicans to support the Senate plan.
The proposal caused a rift within the Republican Party, with some House members expressing reservations to the measure as it will increase the country’s deficit and its impact on voters.
“I made it clear from the outset that I will not support a final settlement bill, which was written by his Congressional District Rep. David Valadao (R-Hanford) on Sunday’s social media website.
He represents Central Valley residents who rely on Medicaid, representing Central Valley residents who rely on Medicaid. According to the UC Berkeley Labor Center, a spokesman for Valadao did not answer questions Tuesday about how members of Congress plan to vote.
King’s Orange County area is richer than Valado’s county, but one in five of her voters rely on Medicaid.
A spokesman said the congresswoman was on his way to Washington during the protests.
Outside her Anaheim wild office, protesters described how the bill would affect vulnerable Californians, such as children with disabilities, seniors, veterans, and those who would not have access to reproductive health care.
“The stakes have never been higher. We live in an era when our rights are under attack,” said Emily Escobar, public advocacy manager for Orange and San Bernardino County.
She said federal funds don’t pay for abortion, but help pay for other important health care expenses, such as cancer screening, preventive care, testing and methods to treat sexually transmitted infections and obtain contraceptives. In California, more than one-third of family planning patients nationwide live.
Escobar said the cuts would result in clinics being closed, effectively reducing access to miscarriages.
“Let me make it clear that this bill is a backdoor abortion ban,” she said.
Shari Home, 73, said she and her husband are weighing how to distribute their Social Security income on food, drugs and medical supplies, a husband who suffered from multiple chronic health conditions last year.
“Hospitalization is very expensive, so we applied and received Medi-Cal and food aid in January, which is a lifeguard,” said Laguna Woods resident. “Without Medi-Cal, I don’t know what we’re going to do. Our lives will be bad. We won’t have the medicine he needs.”
Michelle Del Rosario, 57, wore a button and put his 25-year-old son William on his top. Orange resident is one of Kim Jong Il’s voters who had voted for her before and was the primary caregiver of her son, who had autism, epilepsy and did not speak.
She said her son relied on his Medi-Cal coverage because he seized $5,000 a month, as well as the family health support he received.
“He lives at home. At some point, he longs for independent living, but he needs their jobs.”
