[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 380 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 380

 Urging the protection of Medicare from the devastating cuts caused by 
                                H.R. 1.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2025

 Mr. Whitehouse submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
                      to the Committee on Finance

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Urging the protection of Medicare from the devastating cuts caused by 
                                H.R. 1.

Whereas the Congressional Budget Office (referred to in this preamble as 
        ``CBO'') has estimated that the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for 
        reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14'', approved July 
        4, 2025 (Public Law 119-21; 139 Stat. 72) (commonly known as the ``One 
        Big Beautiful Bill Act'' and referred to in this preamble as ``H.R. 1'') 
        will add $4,100,000,000,000 to the deficit between 2025 and 2034;
Whereas such an increase to the deficit will automatically trigger across-the-
        board spending cuts, called ``sequestration'', under the Statutory Pay-
        As-You-Go Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 931 et seq.) (referred to in this 
        preamble as ``S-PAYGO'');
Whereas sequestration will impose indiscriminate, across-the-board spending cuts 
        to social safety net programs that millions of families in the United 
        States rely on;
Whereas the Medicare program established under title XVIII of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), a critical lifeline for the 
        people of the United States, is not exempt from sequestration under S-
        PAYGO;
Whereas CBO has estimated that $45,000,000,000 will be cut from Medicare by 
        sequestration in 2026 alone;
Whereas CBO has estimated that a total of $536,000,000,000 will be cut from 
        Medicare by sequestration through 2034;
Whereas these Medicare sequestration cuts compound nearly $1,000,000,000,000 in 
        health care reductions under H.R. 1, stripping coverage from 15,000,000 
        people of the Untied States and further undermining the financial 
        stability of health care providers;
Whereas, more than 67,000,000 people of the United States relied on Medicare for 
        their health care coverage in 2024;
Whereas cuts of this magnitude will jeopardize the financial stability of 
        community health centers, hospitals, providers, and many others who rely 
        on Medicare payments to serve seniors, people with disabilities, and 
        those with end-stage renal disease;
Whereas Republicans' partisan bill expanded the national debt by 
        $4,100,000,000,000, and the Republicans chose not to protect the people 
        of the United States from these cuts; and
Whereas the people of the United States have paid into Medicare throughout their 
        working lives with the expectation that their earned benefits will be 
        protected: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate should protect the Medicare program 
        established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) from devastating cuts caused by the Act 
        entitled ``An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
        title II of H. Con. Res. 14'', approved July 4, 2025 (Public 
        Law 119-21; 139 Stat. 72) (commonly known as the ``One Big 
        Beautiful Bill Act'' and referred to in this resolution as 
        ``H.R. 1'');
            (2) the Senate should safeguard seniors' Medicare benefits 
        and essential social services that are jeopardized by the cuts 
        triggered by H.R. 1; and
            (3) seniors who have paid into Medicare throughout their 
        working lives should be protected from reckless, across-the-
        board cuts to their health care.
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