Unresolved issues over potential cuts to Medicaid have forced House Republicans to delay the Energy and Commerce Committee’s key vote on its portion of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful” reconciliation bill another week.
The panel initially planned its markup – where it debates legislation and votes on advancing the package – on May 7. But on Thursday, the panel informed members it is now looking at the week of May 12, a committee source told The Hill. Instead, the committee will hold member meetings Tuesday and Wednesday.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and other members of the House GOP leadership team discussed Medicaid proposals and other major pieces of the GOP’s domestic policy package with Trump on Thursday at the White House, Politico reported. The White House also presented Johnson’s team with a list of items they want in the bill.
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