Cramer, Hoeven Vote for Big, Ugly Bill

FARGO - On July 1, 2025 by a 50-50 margin, Republican Senators passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Vice-President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. All Democratic Senators voted no, as did Thom Tillis (R-NC), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Susan Collins (R-ME).

The North Dakota Legislative Council estimates that the House Republican version of the bill would result in North Dakota losing $1.42 billion in Medicaid funding over the next 10 years, and around 19,000 North Dakotans losing their health care coverage. The Senate Republican version has even steeper cuts to Medicaid.

North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, “72% of Medicaid adults are working in North Dakota, this will force them to jump through ridiculous red tape to keep their healthcare. This budget gives every billionaire who attended Jeff Bezos’ $50 million dollar Venice wedding this weekend a handout that is paid for on the backs of hard-working North Dakotans. Hoeven and Cramer, and Fedorchak all resolved to vote for this budget before they even read the bill, and because of them, North Dakotans will suffer.”

Hoeven, Cramer, Fedorchak, and other Congressional Republicans are putting North Dakotans’ health care, food assistance, and jobs on the chopping block:

• At least 1 in 4 nursing homes will have to close their doors, and over half of nursing homes will be forced to cut staff
• Unions are warning this is the “biggest job-killing bill in the history of the country”
• If this bill is signed into law, it will threaten 1.75 million construction jobs and 2 million energy jobs
• This bill cuts $1.3 trillion in food assistance and health coverage while giving the wealthy that exact amount in tax breaks
• 45,000 North Dakotans on the ACA marketplace will face higher premiums
• Around 27,000 in rural areas
• 48,700 North Dakotans are at risk of losing food assistance, forcing working families and children to go hungry
• This will increase North Dakotans’ energy bills by hundreds of dollars
• It will add $3.25 trillion to the national debt, while revenues fall by $4.47 trillion