U.S. House approves Trump’s tax and spending bill. What it means for Iowa

Pat Kearns, left, president of AFGE Local 2547, watches March 6, as Jennifer Sherer addresses protesters who gathered in front of the Davenport office of Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. (Roy Dabner/Quad-City Times)

Doctors, nurses, food bank directors and other social safety net providers across Iowa warn major cuts to public health insurance and food assistance programs could lead to crowded emergency rooms, more rural hospital closures, drained family budgets, overworked providers and reduce care for veterans, seniors and children.

House Republicans on Thursday, following a marathon all-night debate, narrowly passed a massive tax and spending bill as part of President Donald Trump’s budget priorities.

All of Iowa’s U.S. House members voted to pass President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful” sweeping reconciliation bill.

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