Republicans’ Planned Medicaid Cuts Draw Protests at House Hearing

Lawmakers bickered, protesters shouted and senators came to take in the moment as a House committee weighed a critical portion of a bill to enact President Trump’s domestic agenda.

Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver

The Republican speaker’s decision underscored the resistance in his party to politically painful reductions to the program, and drew a backlash from the hard right, which is demanding deep cuts.