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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.
Republicans are proposing cuts to Medicaid as part of President Donald Trump's spending bill. Some Americans are worried the cuts will cause them to lose their coverage.
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."
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Soy Aire on MSNSNAP and Medicaid would be among the most affected by Trump's billThe Trump administration's legislative proposal aims to extend tax cuts while reducing healthcare and food assistance spending.
Republicans in Congress are negotiating a massive legislative package to realize President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda, and it won’t come cheap. Legislation advanced by House Republicans would cut taxes by almost $4.
Here is when Republicans hope to start a ‘work requirement’ for Medicaid as they push changes to service - GOP leader Steve Scalise explained why it would take so long to implement this major change t
WASHINGTON—House Republicans pushed President Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax-and-spending bill past a key hurdle late Sunday night, but the last-minute grappling has them colliding with a stark reality: The plan won’t reduce federal budget deficits and would make America’s fiscal hole deeper.
It comes as Trump’s budget request proposes reducing spending for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration by more than $1 billion. “It will devastate the entire framework of care and network of services,” said Laura Guzman, executive director of the National Harm Reduction Coalition.