Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Yeah, so three committees voted yesterday to finalize their portions of this big bill. That includes things like extending the 2017 tax cuts, no taxes on tips and overtime, cuts to Medicaid, and cuts to the food assistance program called SNAP. Now, the Budget Committee is meeting tomorrow to take all the individual bills approved by these various committees and put them into one big package.

Yeah, so three committees voted yesterday to finalize their portions of this big bill. That includes things like extending the 2017 tax cuts, no taxes on tips and overtime, cuts to Medicaid, and cuts to the food assistance program called SNAP. Now, the Budget Committee is meeting tomorrow to take all the individual bills approved by these various committees and put them into one big package.

Yeah, so three committees voted yesterday to finalize their portions of this big bill. That includes things like extending the 2017 tax cuts, no taxes on tips and overtime, cuts to Medicaid, and cuts to the food assistance program called SNAP. Now, the Budget Committee is meeting tomorrow to take all the individual bills approved by these various committees and put them into one big package.

And that is what House leadership wants to vote on next week.

And that is what House leadership wants to vote on next week.

And that is what House leadership wants to vote on next week.

Yeah, that's right. Well, there's two main groups here. One, members of the Freedom Caucus have pushed back on the current state of bills saying they just won't result in significant enough deficit reduction, which they see as their mandate here. And that proposals to add work requirements to Medicaid, the joint federal state health care program for those with

Yeah, that's right. Well, there's two main groups here. One, members of the Freedom Caucus have pushed back on the current state of bills saying they just won't result in significant enough deficit reduction, which they see as their mandate here. And that proposals to add work requirements to Medicaid, the joint federal state health care program for those with

Yeah, that's right. Well, there's two main groups here. One, members of the Freedom Caucus have pushed back on the current state of bills saying they just won't result in significant enough deficit reduction, which they see as their mandate here. And that proposals to add work requirements to Medicaid, the joint federal state health care program for those with

disabilities and the elderly and low income wouldn't kick in soon enough. It's worth noting that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the changes in this House bill mean at least 8.6 million people enrolled in Medicaid could lose coverage, and some moderate members worry that those cuts could become a major issue in the midterms next year.

disabilities and the elderly and low income wouldn't kick in soon enough. It's worth noting that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the changes in this House bill mean at least 8.6 million people enrolled in Medicaid could lose coverage, and some moderate members worry that those cuts could become a major issue in the midterms next year.

disabilities and the elderly and low income wouldn't kick in soon enough. It's worth noting that the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the changes in this House bill mean at least 8.6 million people enrolled in Medicaid could lose coverage, and some moderate members worry that those cuts could become a major issue in the midterms next year.

Well, then you've got the SALT group, members and districts with high property taxes like California and New York who want to see the cap on deduction for state and local taxes be lifted significantly. And that's expensive to do. So it's fundamentally at odds with members who want to slash spending overall. So there's a lot of tension there. And Speaker Johnson is acutely aware of that.

Well, then you've got the SALT group, members and districts with high property taxes like California and New York who want to see the cap on deduction for state and local taxes be lifted significantly. And that's expensive to do. So it's fundamentally at odds with members who want to slash spending overall. So there's a lot of tension there. And Speaker Johnson is acutely aware of that.

Well, then you've got the SALT group, members and districts with high property taxes like California and New York who want to see the cap on deduction for state and local taxes be lifted significantly. And that's expensive to do. So it's fundamentally at odds with members who want to slash spending overall. So there's a lot of tension there. And Speaker Johnson is acutely aware of that.

Here he is yesterday.

Here he is yesterday.

Here he is yesterday.

He said he's confident they'll be able to work out a compromise that everyone can live with, even if everyone isn't fully happy. And he's planning on meeting with members concerned about SALT this morning.

He said he's confident they'll be able to work out a compromise that everyone can live with, even if everyone isn't fully happy. And he's planning on meeting with members concerned about SALT this morning.