As they work to pass a “big beautiful bill” filled with tax cuts and spending reductions, Republicans in Congress are proposing adding work requirements to Medicaid, the $618 billion program that provides healthcare to more than 70 million low-income Americans.

The bill includes more than $140 billion in spending on the Trump administration's plan to crack down on illegal immigration. That includes $50 billion for completing the wall on the southern border, $45 billion for detention centers, $8 billion to hire more immigration officers, and $14 billion for deportations.

The Budget Committee met late Sunday night to vote on the reconciliation package that failed on Friday after fiscal hawks revolted against Medicaid provisions.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on Monday that Republicans are eyeing early 2027 as the target date for the new Medicaid work requirements in the large budget package intended to

There is no official deadline for congressional Republicans to pass their budget reconciliation bill to put in place President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, but they’ve imposed one on themselves by including a debt-ceiling provision in the tax-and-spending legislation.

Rep. Jim McGovern spotted why "any person with half a brain cell" could figure out Republicans' plans for weighing in on Donald Trump's agenda.

Republican tax bill could cost $3.8 trillion over 10 years as its tax cuts surpass spending reductions, according to one analysis.

House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee this week unveiled a plan to cut more than $880 billion to pay for a significant portion of President Trump’s domestic agenda. After

President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill early on Tuesday, 20 May, to seal the deal on his “big, beautiful bill", using the power of political persuasion to unify divided House Republicans on the multi-trillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing ahead of planned votes this week.

Medicaid work requirements are a sticking point with fiscal hawks, three of whom sit on the Budget Committee, as they think they should go into effect sooner than 2029.

After scheduling a 1 a.m. committee hearing to continue advancing President Trump's desired "big, beautiful" budget bill, Democrats are slamming the move as an effort to avoid criticism.