Trump's spending bill makes progress
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The bill includes more than $140 billion in spending on the Trump administration's plan to crack down on illegal immigration. That includes $50 billion for completing the wall on the southern border, $45 billion for detention centers, $8 billion to hire more immigration officers, and $14 billion for deportations.
A bill that changes Medicaid and extends trillions of dollars in tax cuts is now over a key hurdle. The House Budget Committee passed it late yesterday.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on Monday that Republicans are eyeing early 2027 as the target date for the new Medicaid work requirements in the large budget package intended to
Before Memorial Day weekend, Republicans are hoping to pass President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' that would let ACA subsidies expire.
House Republicans are advancing a budget reconciliation bill with $700 billion in Medicaid savings, but still undecided is what year work requirements would begin.
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Millions of Americans are at risk of losing access to Medicaid under the proposed legislation, which passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee (HECC). Representative Brett Guthrie, a Kentucky Republican and chair of the HECC, insisted that the changes will "strengthen and sustain" Medicaid for the future, calling them "common sense."
While proposed changes to Medicaid have gotten a lot of attention, the Republican budget bill in Congress would also make other big changes, including changes to your taxes.
As the federal budget winds its way through the halls of Congress, Texas children's hospitals are bracing for potentially devastating effects on their finances and their ability to serve patients, said Stacy Wilson,