Meredith Lee Hill

2 days ago | politico.com | Ben Leonard |Meredith Lee Hill

The Energy and Commerce portion of the massive, party-line package needs to reduce the deficit by $880 billion. The bulk of these savings is expected to come from changes to Medicaid, which currently serves nearly 80 million Americans. The draft legislation being marked up Tuesday would scrap the most controversial proposals that had initially been on the table, including one to cap federal spending in states that have expanded Medicaid under the Democrats’ 2010 health law.

5 days ago | politico.com | Daniel Barnes |Benjamin Guggenheim |Meredith Lee Hill

6 days ago | politico.com | Ben Leonard |Benjamin Guggenheim |Meredith Lee Hill

With key committees struggling to meet a $2 trillion spending cut target, Speaker Mike Johnson told a group of House Republicans Thursday he is now targeting $4 trillion of tax cuts. That’s a half-trillion dollars less than many in the GOP had hoped, and it’s likely below the threshold needed to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent — one of Trump’s earliest demands for the party-line megabill.

6 days ago | politico.com | Benjamin Guggenheim |Meredith Lee Hill

6 days ago | politico.com | Benjamin Guggenheim |Meredith Lee Hill