Congress To Mark-Up Key Reconciliation Bills

As previously reported by COSSA, Congress is in the process of drafting budget reconciliation bills for one “big, beautiful bill” to extend the Trump Administration’s tax breaks. Late last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee released their draft bills and are scheduled to mark them up this week. The House Agriculture Committee is also scheduled to mark up their bill.

House Republicans are hoping to pass their bills before Memorial Day and expecting to pass the final bill before the month-long August recess. However, the House Energy and Commerce bill will be challenging for Congress to pass as the bill proposes substantial reform to Medicaid that would see millions of Americans lose coverage over the next decade, a point of contention among the party as some Republicans see these changes as “eliminating waste” while others see the proposals as detrimental cuts to working class families (see previous COSSA coverage). On May 12, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) published an opinion editorial in the New York Times opposing the bill, urging Republicans to “ignore calls to cut Medicaid and start delivering on America’s promise for America’s working people.”

Stay tuned to COSSA’s continued coverage on Congressional activities.