WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Monday proposed deeper Medicaid cuts, including new work requirements for parents of teens, as a way to offset the costs of making President Donald Trump’s tax breaks more permanent in draft legislation unveiled for his “big, beautiful bill.”

The Senate Finance Committee’s language would take a sledgehammer to some parts of the renewable-friendly Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others.

Democrats wanted to file a discharge petition to try to force a Helene bill with $435 million in relief funding out of Senate committee.

U.S. Senate Republicans' proposed changes to President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill are expected to push U.S. debt levels higher, roughly in line with projections from the House-passed version,