GOP Infighting Looms Over Another Tax-and-Spend Bill: BGOV Tax

Election Sets Off GOP Infighting on Medicaid

House Republicans eager to get another party-line tax-and-spending bill over the finish line this year are facing pushback from their own party, Zach Cohen, Ken Tran, and Chris Cioffi report.

The powerful Republican Study Committee wants another budget reconciliation bill that would reduce the deficit by more than $1 trillion, built in part on curbing Medicaid spending.

But Republicans in competitive districts are cool to the idea of slashing spending programs in an election year.

“If they try to harm social safety nets one inch, I’m a hard no,” said ...