Mark Halperin to Newsmax: GOP Must Work Out Details on Medicaid, Tax Cuts (Connecting the Dots: Mark Halperin, Morton H. Halperin, Open Society Foundations, George Soros, Center for American Progress, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Mark Halperin to Newsmax: GOP Must Work Out Details on Medicaid, Tax Cuts (Connecting the Dots: Mark Halperin, Morton H. Halperin, Open Society Foundations, George Soros, Center for American Progress, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services & Soros Funding, All Networking)

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By Sandy Fitzgerald    |   Sunday, 23 March 2025 02:11 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mark-halperin-donald-trump-medicaid/2025/03/23/id/1204001/

Political analyst Mark Halperin, speaking Sunday on Newsmax about the decision in the Republican Party over President Donald Trump's calls for tax cuts and Medicaid reform, said the party agrees that such issues are necessary but is divided on how to make them happen. 

"This is a moment where the devil's in the details," Halperin told Newsmax's "Sunday Report."

"Everybody in the party wants tax cuts. Everybody wants to deal with Medicaid in a sensible way, not doing anything substantively or politically dangerous." 

Still, the challenge for Trump is getting everyone on the same page, as there is no margin for error in the House and little wiggle room in the Senate, he added. 

"The details will have to be worked out but it looks right now like they have a good chance to get there," Halperin said. 

Halperin also talked Sunday about the tour Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. are making in the west, with a large rally held in Colorado. 

"There's a massive vacuum in the party now, and different people are trying to fill it," said Halperin. "Bernie Sanders and AOC have a movement. It's not very big. I don't think a socialist movement is ever going to be victorious in some decisive way."

Still, the pair are trying to take the "up-for-grabs" possibility of who will lead the Democratic Party, he said. 

"Right now you see them drawing crowds that no other Democrat could draw and very few Republicans besides Donald Trump could draw," said Halperin. "They're building off that energy for those in the party who'd like to move the party to the center. This is a catastrophe for those who would like to see the party taken over by the left."

Connecting the Dots:

Donald M. Berwick was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Morton H. Halperin was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, is Mark Halperin’s father and a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations. 

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Center for American Progress was a funder for America's Health Insurance Plans.

Tom Daschle is the chairman for the Center for American Progress, was the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration, a special policy adviser at Alston & Bird and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Timothy P. Trysla is a partner at Alston & Bird and was a senior policy adviser to the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Health Care Financing Administration was the predecessor for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Leonard D. Schaeffer was an administrator for the Health Care Financing Administration, is the chairman for the National Institute for Health Care Management and a trustee at the Brookings Institution Think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (Think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle and a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Center for American Progress and is the lobby firm for KKR & Co. LP.

David H. Petraeus is the KKR Global Institute chairman for KKR & Co. LP.

KKR & Co. LP is an investor in HCA Holdings Inc.

Nancy-Ann DeParle is a director at HCA Holdings Inc., was the White House health czar & deputy chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and an administrator for the Health Care Financing Administration.

Health Care Financing Administration was the predecessor for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Timothy P. Trysla was a senior policy adviser to the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and is a partner at Alston & Bird.

Tom Daschle  was a special policy adviser at Alston & Bird, the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration and is the chairman for the Center for American Progress.

Morton H. Halperin was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, is Mark Halperin’s father and a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations. 

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the International Rescue Committee.

ONE Campaign  is a partner with the International Rescue Committee. 

Harold E. Ford Jr. was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and is a political commentator for MSNBC.  

Mark Halperin joined MSNBC, becoming the senior political analyst, a contributor,  the founding editor for Bloomberg Politics, is currently a host and commentator for Newsmax TV and Morton H. Halperin’s son.

Bloomberg Politics is a division of Bloomberg LP.

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP, an advocate for the ONE Campaign and was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.

ONE Campaign  is a partner with the International Rescue Committee. 

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Harlem Children's Zone and the Center for American Progress.

George Soros was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations,  

Mark Halperin’s father and was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Donald M. Berwick is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Center for American Progress was a funder for America's Health Insurance Plans.

Tom Daschle is the chairman for the Center for American Progress and was the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration.

Timothy P. Trysla is a partner at Alston & Bird and was a senior policy adviser to the administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Health Care Financing Administration was the predecessor for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Leonard D. Schaeffer was an administrator for the Health Care Financing Administration, is the chairman for the National Institute for Health Care Management and a trustee at the Brookings Institution Think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (Think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle and a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the Center for American Progress and is the lobby firm for KKR & Co. LP.

David H. Petraeus is the KKR Global Institute chairman for KKR & Co. LP.

KKR & Co. LP is an investor in HCA Holdings Inc.

Nancy-Ann DeParle is a director at HCA Holdings Inc., was the White House health czar & deputy chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and an administrator for the Health Care Financing Administration.

Health Care Financing Administration was the predecessor for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Saturday, October 22, 2022

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Mass Shooting Outside Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay; 50+ Dead, 406 Sent to Hospital (Past Research on the ONE Campaign)

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Game Change: The Massive Conflict of Interest In Bloomberg Politics’ Attack On ‘Duck Dynasty’ (Past Research on Bloomberg Politics & Mark Halperin)

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