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President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill faces a critical stress test on Wednesday as Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives try to overcome internal divisions about cuts to the Medicaid health program and tax breaks in high-cost coastal states.
New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and shift costs to states.
President Donald Trump moved to quash House Republicans’ debate over key aspects of his “one big, beautiful bill” with a
President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning turned up the heat on the more than a dozen House Republican holdout votes endangering passage of the bill.
President Trump visited the Capitol in an attempt to unify divided House Republicans on the multitrillion-dollar budget package that is at risk of collapsing before planned votes this week.
Arizona's Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say they'll fight a Republican bill that would cut Medicaid funding.
The Budget Committee met late Sunday night to vote on the reconciliation package that failed on Friday after fiscal hawks revolted against Medicaid provisions.
Republican tax bill could cost $3.8 trillion over 10 years as its tax cuts surpass spending reductions, according to one analysis.