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Democratic governors facing potential big budget problems exacerbated by the GOP megabill being fast-tracked in Washington are considering emergency measures to try to soften the blow.<\/p>\n

Blue state policymakers from Connecticut to California to New York are raising the specter that they will call lawmakers back for special sessions to tackle what could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars in additional costs as a result of President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill.\u201d And even some deep red states \u2014 like Florida \u2014 are taking steps to address the financial fallout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The preparations signal the depths of concerns about how the Republican package might reverberate in state capitals, even as passage is far from assured, especially given the recent vitriolic attacks on the spending bill from Elon Musk. State officials are scrambling to navigate the likely fiscal challenges in what\u2019s already the toughest budget year<\/a> since before the pandemic in many states.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bill is destructive and risks destabilizing the entire network of supporting programs,\u201d said New Mexico Treasurer Laura Montoya, a Democrat whose governor has all but guaranteed a special session will be necessary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The bill, which cleared the House last month and now awaits Senate action, would cut some $300 billion<\/a> from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, largely by forcing states to pay into the program for the first time. It would also kick 7.6 million people off Medicaid<\/a> and save $800 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.<\/p>\n

The special session threat could be a way for Democratic governors, some of whom enjoy large legislative majorities, to respond to pressure from constituents angry about cuts to health care and food benefits \u2014 even if there’s little they can do to combat Trump\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n

The details of what the governors would even ask the lawmakers to do are scant given the high degree of uncertainty around the final bill. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a>, referencing potential cuts to education, school meals and Medicaid, warned earlier this year that \u201cnothing prohibits us from coming back in a special session to deal with anything that comes our way from the federal government.\u201d Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz<\/a> said last month<\/a> \u201cwe will definitely be back in a special session to deal with\u201d the reconciliation package if the House-passed version is adopted.<\/p>\n

There could be immediate substantive reasons for a special session in response to the GOP bill, even though provisions like sharing the costs of the nation\u2019s largest food aid program with states wouldn\u2019t take effect until 2028. The vast majority of states start their fiscal years on July 1 \u2014 meaning that their budgets have been crafted based on current conditions even as officials leave the door open to make changes later and minimize the pain in response to the final federal legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBottom line is states will not be able to absorb all the costs, and decisions will have to be made,\u201d said Brian Sigritz, director of state fiscal studies at the nonpartisan National Association of State Budget Officers. \u201cAll states will be impacted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some Republicans have also expressed concern at the downstream impacts of the GOP megabill. Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Rick Pate<\/a>, a Republican who recently announced a bid<\/a> for lieutenant governor, previously told POLITICO<\/a> that in his state \u201cthere would be very little interest in us generating the dollars it would take to fund something huge as SNAP.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others are using the special session chatter as a cudgel to hammer Democrats in blue states for being in a precarious fiscal situation to begin with.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say that our priorities have been on the goofy side,\u201d California Assemblymember Tom Lackey<\/a>, a Republican on the budget committee, said in an interview regarding his state\u2019s poor fiscal outlook<\/a>, pointing specifically to massive spending to attack homelessness that\u2019s failed to dent the problem. \u201cWe’re trying to offer too much to too many people when we can’t even offer basic services.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Assemblyman<\/p>\n

Still, states would be impacted across the board even if it\u2019s only Democrats that have the political incentive to publicly oppose the reconciliation bill. That means states will need to turn to unpopular choices like cutting benefits or raising taxes to fill as much of the gap left by the federal cuts as possible, in addition to other maneuvers like drawing from their rainy day funds, said Sigritz.<\/p>\n

Some legislators are accepting that they will likely return to their statehouses for special sessions.<\/p>\n

Connecticut Treasurer Erick Russell<\/a>, a Democrat, said in an interview that a special session will likely be necessary if the federal budget significantly shifts costs to states to ensure that lawmakers are \u201cbuilding in some flexibility to try to make whatever adjustments we may need to safeguard residents of our state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont<\/a>\u2019s office told POLITICO that he and legislative leaders are considering declaring a fiscal emergency in order to raise the spending cap, a move that it argues would be necessary to pay for the costs shifted to states under Republicans\u2019 megabill.<\/p>\n

New York state Sen. Gustavo Rivera<\/a>, a Democrat who chairs the chamber\u2019s health committee, said he fully expects to return to Albany in a special session if the reconciliation bill clears Congress \u2014 and that he will push to \u201craise taxes on the wealthy\u201d to cover some of the Medicaid spending the federal government plans to cut. <\/p>\n

In California, a spokesperson for Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas<\/a> said there is \u201ca scenario where lawmakers come back later this year\u201d to deal with new budget realities brought by federal cuts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll come back any day,\u201d said California Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens<\/a>, a Silicon Valley Democrat. \u201cThis is our job. And if we have to come back in the fall, I will gladly come. In fact, if it means protecting some of these programs, then I think we should come back in the morning, noon, weekend, holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n

And in deep-red West Virginia, Mike Woelfel<\/a>, minority leader in the state Senate and one of the 11 Democrats in the entire Legislature, said he wants his Republican governor Patrick Morrisey to call a special session if the federal cuts are adopted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the kind of thing that should trigger special sessions if we get into this hellhole that this legislation would put our most vulnerable citizens in,\u201d Woelfel said. \u201cBut there\u2019s political risk in (the governor) doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eric He and Katelyn Cordero contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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