Legislative Update: Senate HELP Committee Releases Reconciliation Bill Text

Yesterday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the text and a section-by-section summary of its portion of the reconciliation bill. The package focuses largely on higher education, targeting financial assistance programs that Republicans allege inflate tuition costs at colleges and universities. While the committee adjusted certain policies in the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), the House’s version of reconciliation that passed last month, the draft bill leaves two policies that AMCP is tracking untouched. 

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