JOHN THUNE IS WRECKING TRUMP'S BUDGET. MCCONNELL GETS PAYBACK

"Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Thursday said he will not overrule the parliamentarian after she rejected key Medicaid provisions in the GOP’s tax and spending megabill, dealing a blow to Republicans’ plan to pay for tax cuts in the package.
“No. That would not be a good outcome for getting a bill done,” Thune told reporters at the Capitol. " THE HILL

THOSE SECTIONS THAT ARE BEING FORCED TO STAY IN ALLOW SANCTUARY STAETS TO EFFECTIVELY GIVE MEDICAID TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

From early outlines and the parliamentarian-challenged sections of the Trump-backed legislation:

Provider Tax Restructuring – aimed at state-level mechanisms that inflate federal Medicaid reimbursements.
Block Grant-style Flexibility – offers states a capped federal amount rather than open-ended matching.
Eligibility Verification Tightening – increased ID checks, income audits, and residency documentation.
🟠 The real target appears to be state-level loopholes—where sanctuary states use creative accounting or proxy programs to provide care to the undocumented. The bill seeks to cut off indirect federal support to those programs by:

Tightening definitions of eligible populations,
Cracking down on reimbursement manipulation,
And making it harder for states to sneak unauthorized populations into gray-area Medicaid spending.

SO WHY WOULD THUNE LET THE DEMS KEEP AN ILLEGAL LOOPHOLE OPEN? BECAUSE....... TRUMP