Speaker #MikeJohnson was able to put down a revolt on Thurs & push through that blueprint to deliver #Trump’s agenda of spending & tax cuts for #corporations & the #wealthy by promising #House conservatives that their colleagues in the #Senate would join them in cutting $1.5T in federal spending over the next decade.
#Congress #budget #law #benefits
nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/poli…
Republicans Clash Over Medicaid in Hunt to Pay for Trump’s Agenda
Conservatives in the House say they won’t back any package without deep cuts that would all but certainly affect the health program. Some Senate Republicans say they won’t accept such cuts.Catie Edmondson (The New York Times)
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The problem for #Republicans is that it is increasingly clear that some #GOP senators simply do not have the appetite for the kinds of deep cuts that their counterparts in the House are agitating for. In recent days they have expressed concerns about repealing the entirety of President Joe #Biden’s #InflationReductionAct & restricting access to #FoodStamps.
But no issue has drawn quite so much resistance as the prospect of cuts to #Medicaid.
#Congress #budget #law #benefits #Trump
noplasticshower
in reply to Nonilex • • •Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…it will be nearly impossible for #Republicans to get to $1.5T in cuts w/o touching #Medicaid. Though #MikeJohnson suggested they would consider imposing work requirements & rooting out *waste, fraud & abuse*, those changes will not be enough to reach their target.
The conundrum #Senate #GOP leaders have been facing broke into the open last week when they pushed through a compromise #budget plan that included elements of one the #House passed in Feb that asks…Medicaid to find $880B in cuts.
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •…Sens Murkowski & Collins joined Democrats last week to back a bipartisan amendment led by Sen Hawley that would have eliminated the #Medicaid cuts from the budget. Their effort failed after GOP leaders labored to ensure its defeat. A broader amendment *vowing* to *protect* Medicaid & #Medicare passed [meaningless platitudes].
#Congress #Republicans #budget #benefits #Trump #TrumpTaxCuts
noplasticshower
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