Medicaid, House Republicans and tax cut
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Three key panels are addressing some of the thorniest issues poised to make or break the Republicans' massive bill for Trump's agenda.
And as is typical with grisly compromises, neither side is necessarily happy with the product.
Lawmakers bickered, protesters shouted and senators came to take in the moment as a House committee weighed a critical portion of a bill to enact President Trump’s domestic agenda.
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley called the cuts to Medicaid "politically suicidal" as many Republicans' voter bases may be threatened by them. House Republicans have proposed legislation with $880 billion in cuts, largely to Medicaid, in order to approve $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.
More arrests were being made at the time of inquiry. Dozens of protesters gathered outside the hearing room around 1 p.m. EDT as the committee met for a scheduled markup to advance its portion of the budget resolution designed to advance Trump’s agenda on taxes,
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed he wouldn't allow Medicaid to be cut, but House Republicans' bill to fund his agenda aims to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program that provides health care for poor, elderly and disabled Americans.
A proposal by Republicans in Congress to partially cover the cost of renewing President Donald Trump’s signature first-term tax cuts by slashing Medicaid will result in deadly consequences for
Any cuts to Medicaid are sure to meet with strong opposition, and not just from Democrats. In a New York Times opinion essay published May 12, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wrote: "It’s safe to say the Trump coalition was not pulling the lever for Medicaid cuts in November."