The House passed the budget resolution Feb. 25 in a 217-215 vote, advancing President Donald Trump's $4.5 trillion tax-cut plan. The legislation directs the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid,
The Washington Post reports that the nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.
The funding bill House Republican leaders released on Saturday does not avert cuts for doctors who treat Medicare patients — a blow to Republicans who had pushed for the changes that also could risk alienating members whose support will be needed to pass the legislation.
President Trump has insisted — loudly and repeatedly — that his administration won’t cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Discover how the GOP's budget cuts could impact Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP benefits, and public higher education, affecting millions of Americans.
Budget chicanery begets more budget chicanery. About this time in 2010, Democrats were trying every procedural and accounting trick they could conjure to push ObamaCare through a restive Congress.
Speaker Mike Johnson powered a budget resolution floor vote through, overcoming threats of a revolt from swing-district Republicans.
Democrats and Republicans are likely to face off next week as a government shutdown looms during for the Trump administration.