House R leaders are reportedly telling members not to worry about their budget plan’s deep cuts that would take health coverage & help buying groceries away from their constituents bc passing the resolution is just a 1st step in passing budget legislation. www.politico.com/live-updates... - ThreadSky

sharonparrott.bsky.social • 16 days ago

House R leaders are reportedly telling members not to worry about their budget plan’s deep cuts that would take health coverage & help buying groceries away from their constituents bc passing the resolution is just a 1st step in passing budget legislation. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/18/congress/budget-reconciliation-trump-whip-00204735

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sharonparrott.bsky.social•16 days ago

Those policymakers shouldn’t be fooled. A vote for the House budget plan is NOT a vote to move along the process toward a good outcome. Once the budget resolution sets the “rules of the road” for budget legislation, it is very hard to change course.

sharonparrott.bsky.social•16 days ago

Here’s where that course is headed: an extreme giveaway to the wealthy at the expense of families who already have a hard time affording food, health care & college.

sharonparrott.bsky.social•16 days ago

Let’s dig into how the House Republican budget’s rules of the road chart this course. It directs the Energy & Commerce Committee to cut at least $880B, which Republicans have said they will hit primarily by cutting Medicaid, which provides coverage to more than 72M people.

sharonparrott.bsky.social•16 days ago

It directs the House Agriculture Committee to cut at least $230 billion, widely understood as cuts to SNAP, which help millions of families put food on the table. https://www.cbpp.org/press/statements/house-republican-budget-would-mean-higher-costs-less-help-for-families-more-tax

sharonparrott.bsky.social•16 days ago

And it directs the Education & Workforce Committee to cut $330 billion, a target likely to mean making student loans more expensive and could even put school meals at risk too. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/02/13/house-budget-committee-plans-cut-330b-higher-ed-funding

sharonparrott.bsky.social•16 days ago

These figures are minimums or “floors” – meaning that the committees must cut at least that amount and may cut more, but they cannot cut less. And a change made in the budget committee makes deeper cuts more likely. https://x.com/jacsamoby/status/1891909112998346947

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