“Big Beautiful Bill”

Welch has tallied the impact of President Trump’s economic policies and determined that they will cost families in Vermont an average of $2,120 each year. U.S. Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger As President Donald Trump orders federal troops into the streets of…

Welch at a June Judiciary Committee hearing. Photo: Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Sens. Peter Welch and Ron Wyden introduced legislation Monday that would repeal targeted provisions dealing with Medicaid and orphan-drug exemptions in the GOP tax-and-spending law.  Why it matters: The bill has virtually no chance of…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees, and Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, released the following statement after voting in strong opposition against Senate Republicans’ disastrous tax bill:   …

Health care, community hospitals, food assistance, jobs are on the line  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Late last night, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) took to the Senate floor to reveal how Republicans’ disastrous tax and spending bill will force millions of working Americans in Vermont, West…

Trump and Republicans’ so-called ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ will kick millions off Medicaid and SNAP, explode deficits WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, today proposed changes to President Trump and Senate Republicans’ disastrous One Big…