A group of moderate House Republicans on April 14 sent a letter to House Republican leadership and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) warning that they would not back a reconciliation package that includes massive Medicaid cuts. The group stressed that Medicaid is vital to nursing homes and hospitals in their districts, particularly in rural and underserved areas. The letter was clear about the program writ large but lacked proposal specifics, given that House leadership has privately warned against drawing red lines over Medicaid cuts in the upcoming package.
Signatures on the letter include Reps. David Valadao (Calif.), Don Bacon (Neb.), Jeff Van Drew (N.J.), Rob Bresnahan (Pa.), Juan Ciscomani (Ariz.), Jen Kiggans (Va.), Young Kim (Calif.), Rob Wittman (Va.), Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.), Nick LaLota (N.Y.), Andrew Garbarino (N.Y.), Jeff Hurd (Colo.), and Mike Lawler (N.Y.).
Timeline
The expected timeline for markups on reconciliation is as follows:
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Week of April 28
- Spend a maximum of $100 billion
- House Committee on Education and Workforce
- Likely week of April 28
- Cut a minimum of $330 billion
- House Committee on Homeland Security
- Week of April 28
- Spend a maximum of $90 billion
- House Committee on Financial Services
- April 30
- Cut a minimum of $1 billion
- House Committee on Judiciary
- April 30
- Spend a maximum of $110 billion
- House Committee on Judiciary
- April 30
- Spend a maximum of $110 billion
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- TBD
- Cut a minimum of $1 billion
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- April 30
- Cut a minimum of $50 billion
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- April 30
- Cut a minimum of $10 billion
- House Committee on Agriculture
- Week of May 5
- Cut a minimum of $230 billion
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Week of April 28
- Spend a maximum of $100 billion
- House Committee on Education and Workforce
- Likely week of April 28
- Cut a minimum of $330 billion
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- May 7
- Cut a minimum of $880 billion
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- Later in May
- Spend a maximum of $4.5 trillion on tax cuts; increase the debt limit by $4 trillion
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- TBD
- Cut a minimum of $1 billion
Committee Activity This Week
The House and Senate are on Easter recess until April 28.
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