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Salon
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Politics
Blaise Malley

CBO: House bill funnels wealth to top

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will cost the lowest-income households in the country roughly $1,600 per year, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released on Thursday.

That total amounts to a nearly 4% reduction in federal resources for households in the bottom 10% of the income distribution. The loss is primarily due to cuts in Medicaid and SNAP benefits, according to the nonpartisan CBO’s analysis. 

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