Wyden, Schumer: Senate Budget Resolution Puts Health Care In Crosshairs

By Amy Lotven / February 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Senate Republicans’ budget resolution introduced Friday (Feb. 7) requires the Senate Finance Committee to produce at least $1 billion in savings, but not the House Ways & Means Committee, a move that key Senate Democrats see as evidence that the GOP is looking to cut from health care programs. All other committees with jurisdiction over health care are also instructed to find at least $1 billion in offsets. “The way this is written means only one thing: Republicans have their...

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