Medicaid, tax proposals and House committee
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House Republicans are eyeing a vote on the final package before Memorial Day, even as they have yet to reach consensus on several key issues.
News reports have varying estimates of the exact number of billions in Medicaid cuts. And Politico reports that some Republicans were caught by surprise by some of the provisions in the bill. Also: The House Agriculture Committee greenlights as much as $300 billion in food aid spending cuts.
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Representative Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, the top Democrat on the committee, tried to upend those plans by asking the panel to take an overnight break. His hope, he said, was that rather than discussing Medicaid cuts in the wee hours, lawmakers might talk about them “while people are awake and can tune in.”
The Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture committees will hammer out details on Medicaid and nutritional assistance spending and tax cuts.
The House Energy & Commerce Committee has released a hotly anticipated budget reconciliation bill that aims to thread the needle between policymakers who want to see Medicaid funding slashed and those who view steep cuts as a political flashpoint.