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Senate defeats Collins proposal to raise taxes on highest earners to help rural hospitals

By The Hill  
   July 01, 2025

The Senate voted early today morning to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. Susan Collins, R-ME, to create a new top marginal tax rate for the nation's wealthiest income earners and use the money to double the size of a proposed rural hospital relief fund from $25 billion to $50 billion. Senators voted 22 to 78 against a motion to waive a 60-vote budget point of order against the amendment.

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