<h1>Tax legislation package advances with permanent tax cuts and offsetting spending reductions amid Medicaid and SALT disputes.</h1> The Senate advanced a package making many prior tax breaks permanent, adding new exemptions such as a tip-income exclusion, and allocating substantial national security funding tied to deportation initiatives. Republicans propose offsetting revenue loss by reducing Medicaid, food assistance, and green energy investments; those reductions prompted intra-party dissent and criticisms, and a nonpartisan score projected a significant rise in the uninsured. Parliamentary review under the Byrd Rule led to revisions including delayed Medicaid provider tax cuts and a rural hospital assistance fund, while a time-limited increase to the state-and-local tax deduction cap remains a contested compromise.