Trump Action Archive

Supporting reports

• Republicans considered cutting federal health spending to fund war and immigration enforcement — Axios reported that Republicans in Congress are considering cutting federal health spending to help pay for a budget that includes up to $200 billion for the war with Iran and immigration enforcement. This represents a shift in federal spending priorities away from domestic health care toward military and enforcement spending.
• Republicans proposed federal health spending reductions to fund Iran war and immigration enforcement — House Republicans considered reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement. Top House Republicans examined health care offsets addressing fraud in federal programs, similar to cuts made during the previous year's budget debate that reduced Medicaid spending and imposed first-time work requirements. The proposal is expected to draw election-year criticism that Republicans are cutting health care to fund an unpopular war.
• Republicans considered health care cuts to fund Iran war and ICE — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told Axios on March 30 that Republicans were considering making cuts to federal health care spending to pay for the Iran war and to find more money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Scalise framed the cuts as targeting areas of "waste and fraud and abuse."