House Backs Electric Vehicle, Hybrid Fees in Budget Bill

House Backs Electric Vehicle, Hybrid Fees in Budget Bill

A massive House-passed tax and budget measure promises to return a federal account central to transportation maintenance projects to solvency.

House GOP Passes Budget Bill That Prompts Largest Cuts to Health Care in History

By Lauren Burke After months of denying that there would be cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget bill that would lead to cuts in both programs into the billions of dollars. The budget legislation would represent the largest cut to Medicaid in history if enacted. But the U.S. Senate is expected to make changes to the House version of the bill. If a large cut to Medicaid does take place, t…

House Passes Largest Medicaid Cut in History; Senate Must Reject Bill - AIDS United

Early this morning, after days of backroom deals and middle-of-the-night debates, the House of Representatives passed a bill that includes the largest Medicaid cuts in history. The bill passed 215-214, with two Republicans¹ opposing the bill for not cutting deeply enough into the nation’s safety net and one Republican² voting “present,” and two Republicans³ skipping […]