WASHINGTON – House Republicans defended a bill that would enact sweeping tax cuts, raise the debt ceiling, and add restrictions to benefit programs during a heated marathon day of committee hearings on Capitol Hill.

Medicaid funding fight turns partisan, pitting cutting waste and fraud to preserve it against the risk of endangering needy recipients.

Central to the savings are changes to Medicaid, which provides almost free health care to more than 70 million Americans, and the Affordable Care Act,

Several protesters were arrested for disrupting a House committee's budget reconciliation markup on Tuesday, as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., thanked those holding court in the hallway.

Three key panels are addressing some of the thorniest issues poised to make or break the Republicans' massive bill for Trump's agenda.

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.

And as is typical with grisly compromises, neither side is necessarily happy with the product.

At the outset of the amendment process, Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee hold photos of constituents who rely on the social

As Congressional committee hearings begin in Washington, New Jersey officials predict 700,000 could lose health care.

House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

Lawmakers are also proposing to bar the use of Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender transition procedures for people under age 18; lowering the federal match rate for states that