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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
House GOP leaders will try to win passage of the Senate-passed budget framework over opposition of deficit hawks this week, and lawmakers will get a chance to vent their concerns about the market turmoil unleashed by President Donald Trump’s stiff new tariffs. You'll find a full list of hearings and events scheduled for this week.
Rural health advocates and researchers warn that proposed Medicaid cuts in the House budget instructions could have disproportionate consequences on rural communities and hospitals.
The House has released its long-awaited budget resolution bill with instructions for the Agriculture Committee to find policy changes to reduce the deficit by $230 billion.
As the House races to put together its budget resolution proposal, Republicans are still torn on how to use SNAP work requirements to pay for their agenda.
Amid the budget turmoil on Capitol Hill, the House Budget Committee is set to consider a partisan, fiscal 2023 budget resolution today, a little more than a week before the end of the fiscal year.
Several key House committees will be chaired in the coming Congress by Republican lawmakers who represent districts with significant farm production or have an agricultural background themselves.
The top Republican on the House Ag Committee is making clear he wants nothing to do with some proposals by fellow conservatives to slash farm bill programs.
Democratic congressional leaders are under pressure from progressives to fund as many social programs as possible as the Build Back Better plan is pared back. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday that discussions are continuing about what to fund.
