Catie Edmondson

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Catie Edmondson |Margot Sanger-Katz

The Republican speaker's decision underscored the resistance in his party to politically painful reductions to the program, and drew a backlash from the hard right, which is demanding deep cuts. Speaker Mike Johnson has dropped one of the most aggressive options the G.O.P. was considering to cut Medicaid costs to help pay for President Trump's domestic agenda, bowing to pressure from politically vulnerable Republicans and underscoring the deep party divisions imperiling the plan.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Catie Edmondson |Ash Adams

Republicans in Congress are clashing over whether to repeal Biden-era clean energy tax credits that are a lifeline for some of their constituents. Republicans in Congress are clashing over whether to repeal Biden-era clean energy tax credits that are a lifeline for some of their constituents. Credit... Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, has become an outspoken proponent of keeping the tax credits.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Catie Edmondson

Senators expressed concern with a military budget they said was far too scant, and one objected to the plan's gutting of vital programs, including one that offers home heating assistance for the poor. Senators Susan Collins, Mitch McConnell and Roger Wicker made clear their disdain for President Trump's budget.

1 month ago | gvwire.com | Catie Edmondson |Michael Gold

WASHINGTON — When Republican leaders weigh which of their members might defy the party and defect on major legislation, Sen. Jerry Moran’s name rarely comes up. So it was all the more remarkable when Moran, a third-term senator from Kansas, went to the floor last week to issue a stark warning about how the budget blueprint his party was about to approve could affect his state.

1 month ago | sanjuandailystar.com | Catie Edmondson

By Catie EdmondsonThe House on Thursday narrowly adopted a Republican budget blueprint for slashing taxes and government spending, after hard-line conservatives concerned that it would balloon the nation’s debt ended a revolt that had threatened to derail President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda. Approval of the plan, which was in doubt until nearly the very end, was a victory for Republican leaders and Trump.