The House bill includes SALT cap increases, changes to Medicaid and SNAP and new rules to claim child tax credits.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune can afford to lose three Republican senators and still pass the bill, and there are more than that, right now, who have problems with it. Like the House, he will have to balance the concerns from moderate and conservative members of his conference.

The ‘Politically Georgia’ team highlights cuts to SNAP and Medicaid and proposed changes to student loan payments.

Republicans defend budget legislation as economic plan to make life more affordable amid fierce partisan battle over social program cuts

Republicans in the U.S. House of Delegates advanced a mega bundle of bills designed to shave billions from the federal budget, which Democrats and advocates have said will take resources from the nation’s most vulnerable citizens and hinder social safety nets.

As late-night negotiations on the House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill pushed an expected vote to Thursday, long-term care providers are hoping for some kind of Hail Mary.

Democratic U.S. Reps. Mikie Sherrill and Josh Gottheimer, the two members of Congress running for New Jersey governor, both spoke out against the Republican-backed budget bill that passed the U.S. House Thursday morning.

As proposed cuts to Medicaid move forward through a federal budget reconciliation bill, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority outlined potential impacts to the state during its Wednesday board meeting, including work requirements and a moratorium on new or increased provider taxes.