Medicaid, Trump and House Republicans
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Cheers broke out early Wednesday as Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee signed off on the GOP tax breaks bill after a grueling round-the-clock session. But there's more work to do.
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Senior Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee were caught off guard by Medicaid provisions in their own bill.
The House GOP released its plan to cut Medicaid spending and much of former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act with billions on climate spending.
Republicans’ plan to reduce spending on Medicaid would eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, the HHS secretary said in hearings Wednesday. Millions could become uninsured under the proposal.
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Republicans and Democrats grew weary in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill as they slogged through at-times contentious debate over provisions in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package.
Police officers began closing down the halls around the committee hearing room to everyone, including the press, to arrest those who refused to leave.