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The House bill includes SALT cap increases, changes to Medicaid and SNAP and new rules to claim child tax credits.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNFood aid cuts and other changes: What the U.S. House spending bill could mean for TexansMany low-income families would see cuts in health care and food benefits. The state hopes for a big reimbursement for border security spending.
The ‘Politically Georgia’ team highlights cuts to SNAP and Medicaid and proposed changes to student loan payments.
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.
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Republicans defend budget legislation as economic plan to make life more affordable amid fierce partisan battle over social program cuts
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.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a major spending package that would cut funding to some social services and extend a 2017 tax code.