Medicaid, Trump and SNAP
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Senate Republicans are deeply divided over how to cut the cost of House-passed legislation to enact President Trump’s agenda, which Elon Musk has attacked as a “mountain of disgusting pork” and
In Wisconsin 63,000 could lose Medicaid coverage under a federal spending bill, but state lawmakers have yet to draft a response.
GOP lawmakers have largely rallied around Trump’s bill by arguing the House legislation protects Medicaid by only removing people who do not deserve it in the first place. That careful messaging is a stark difference from a decade ago, when congressional Republicans explicitly prioritized cutting Medicaid and governors blocked its expansion.
Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” narrowly passed the House by a single vote and is now stalled in the Senate. We take a closer look at this massive tax plan that gives permanent breaks for the wealthy while slashing Medicaid,
The president's budget proposal sits with the Senate, but whether it'll listen to the CBO's findings remains to be seen.
White House defends One Big Beautiful Bill, emphasizing Medicaid reform and work requirements for able-bodied adults.