GOP Divisions and Challenges in Medicaid and Working-Class Representation
TL;DR
Senate Republicans, led by John Thune, are negotiating a major bill with key challenges including Medicaid cuts and provider tax freezes, facing opposition from moderate Republicans and deficit hawks, while Democrats prepare to challenge parts of the bill and Trump administration officials defend the budget request.
- Capitol agenda: Thune stares down ‘Medicaid moderates’ Politico
- A surprising coalition of GOP senators holds all the megabill leverage Politico
- Hawley stakes ground as chief GOP defender of Medicaid The Hill
- The GOP is not the party of the working class The Durango Herald
- Editorial: Mo.’s House Republicans betrayed their constituents. Its senators must not. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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