<p>On this episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann break down some of the most controversial provisions in Republicans' <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/02/trump-presidency-news/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">giant spending and immigration bill</a>: Provisions that would affect Medicare and the Affordable Care Act.</p><p><br></p><p>While the bill has already passed the GOP-controlled House, it might have a tougher time getting through the Senate, where some Republican senators have already expressed doubts – like Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Ark.), who has said it is “wrong to cut Medicaid for the working poor.”</p><p><br></p><p>Plus, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) told a town hall last week that "we all are going to die," <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/03/ernst-medicaid-cuts-republican-message/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=can-he-do-that" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">then doubled down in an Instagram video on Saturday</a>. Is that a politically risky move – or just what Trump would do?</p>