WASHINGTON – House Republicans are barreling into a crucial week in their effort to pass President Trump’s legislative agenda, with key policy hang-ups threatening to upend leadership’s timeline for approving the sprawling package. Details on this from Correspondent Bernie Bennett. VERBATIM: Those disagreements have already prompted delays as lawmakers haggle over how to address contentious […]
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Critical Week in the House
WASHINGTON – House Republicans are barreling into a crucial week in their effort to pass President Trump’s legislative agenda, with key policy hang-ups threatening to upend leadership’s timeline for approving the sprawling package. Details on this from Correspondent Bernie Bennett.
VERBATIM: Those disagreements have already prompted delays as lawmakers haggle over how to address contentious issues while meeting deficit reduction targets.
The Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees areas including Medicaid and green tax credits, postponed a markup on its portion of the Trump agenda bill as lawmakers remain at odds over how to handle potential cuts to the social safety net program. Hard-line conservatives are calling for steep slashes that moderates have drawn red lines around, all as Trump insists that Republicans not cut Medicaid benefits provided to low-income individuals.
Bernie Bennett, Washington.