Governor Josh Shapiro of Abington and Congresswoman Madeleine Dean of Glenside responded to President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by the U.S. House today by a vote of 218-214.
The bill now heads to President Trump’s desk, where he is expected to sign it on July 4.
The Shapiro administration previously released estimates of dropped Medicaid and SNAP benefits if the bill is passed. According to PBS, the legislation contains about $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.
Statewide, nearly 144,000 Pennsylvanians who receive SNAP could lose their access to critical food assistance, while 310,000 Pennsylvanians could lose Medicaid coverage, according to the administration. In Dean’s 4th district, which includes all greater Glenside municipalities*, the administration estimates that 2,115 will lose SNAP benefits and 10,569 will lose Medicaid coverage.
*Abington Township, Bryn Athyn, Cheltenham Township, Hatboro, Jenkintown, Lower Moreland Township, Rockledge, Springfield Township, Upper Dublin Township, and Upper Moreland Township
Shapiro, who in late June announced that he is suing the Trump Administration alongside 19 other states and Washington DC “to stop them from arbitrarily canceling funding owed to Pennsylvania,” posted the following on X.com today:
The federal budget bill Congress just passed is shameful and it is going to hurt Pennsylvania.
The Republican members of our delegation who voted for this bill just voted for: cutting healthcare and food assistance for over half a million Pennsylvanians, eliminating 26,000… pic.twitter.com/dZmxrNf464
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) July 3, 2025
On June 29, Shapiro posted:
The bill Donald Trump and Republicans in DC are trying to ram through Congress right now does the following (according to Congress’ own independent, nonpartisan authority):
🩺 Knocks 11.8 million people off of health care — including 310,000 Pennsylvanians who get their health…
— Josh Shapiro (@JoshShapiroPA) June 29, 2025
Dean called it “the worst piece of legislation in modern history” today with the following statement on X.com:
She made the following remarks on CNN yesterday:
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