Budget bill: Senate adds nastier, more punitive cuts and even higher debt

JUNE 22 UPDATE: SNAP cuts break Senate rules; polls run 2:1 against the bill, and the newest CBO numbers are even worse.

UPDATE JUNE 22: GOP’s SNAP food plan cuts violate Senate rules, according to the Senate Parliamentarian, putting at least $128B at risk for in the scramble to pay for Trump’s tax cut. “While the parliamentarian’s rulings are advisory, they are rarely, if ever, ignored”—although Lindsey Graham has been working everyone up for months to do exactly that. W…