{"id":1020,"date":"2025-04-27T17:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T17:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:26:38","slug":"gop-rep-says-trump-does-not-want-agenda-bill-to-be-a-health-care-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/27\/gop-rep-says-trump-does-not-want-agenda-bill-to-be-a-health-care-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep says Trump \u2018does not want\u2019 agenda bill \u2018to be a health care bill\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said Sunday that President Trump \u201cdoes not want\u201d the \u201cone big, beautiful bill\u201d encompassing <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5241651-house-republicans-trump-budget-framework-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his agenda<\/a> \u201cto be a health care bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedicaid \u2026 all falls underneath the Energy and Commerce Committee, not Ways and Means,\u201d Smith said when asked about cuts to Medicaid via the bill on \u201cThe Hill Sunday\u201d by NewsNation\u2019s Chris Stirewalt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, I will say that the president\u2019s been crystal clear, Chris, that he will not be cutting benefits for individuals, will not allow that,\u201d he added. \u201cHe does not want this to be a health care bill. This is an economic bill that secures the border and unleashes U.S. energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vulnerable and moderate House Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5251367-medicaid-cuts-house-republicans-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned Republican leaders<\/a> in the House that they will not back the bill encompassing the president\u2019s agenda if it features cuts to Medicaid benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve Republican lower chamber members recently sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) outlining their boundary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations,\u201d the lawmakers wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5251367-medicaid-cuts-house-republicans-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the House cleared a budget resolution framework for the agenda bill, which directs the House Energy and Commerce Committee to locate $880 billion in spending cuts through the next decade, which analysts have said is impossible without Medicaid changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (R-Mo.) said Sunday that President Trump \u201cdoes not want\u201d the \u201cone big, beautiful bill\u201d encompassing his agenda \u201cto be a health care bill.\u201d \u201cMedicaid \u2026 all falls underneath the Energy and Commerce Committee, not Ways and Means,\u201d Smith said when asked about cuts to Medicaid via the bill on \u201cThe Hill Sunday\u201d by NewsNation\u2019s Chris Stirewalt. \u201cBut, I will say that the president\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1021,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions\/1021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogetterlifestylebrand.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}