The House on Tuesday narrowly adopted a Republican budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and a goal of $2 trillion in spending cuts. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

GOP lawmakers are considering a plan to limit federal matching funds for the health insurance program to pay for tax cuts.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear joins Morning Joe to discuss GOP-led federal funding cuts that could bring “devastating” changes to Medicaid, closing rural hospitals and leaving children, seniors, and vulnerable residents without care.

The budget renews sweeping tax cuts, and pays for it by reducing spending on Medicaid, food assistance, and other safety-net programs.

Contradictory comments made by Donald Trump on Wednesday had both his own staff and Republicans working overtime to get on the same page on where the party stands on Medicaid.According to a report from Politico's Ben Leonard,

House GOP efforts to slash the popular social safety net would give Democrats fodder for the midterm elections.

The House GOP budget resolution relies on significant cuts to Medicaid. Some Republican lawmakers are warning about the effect this could have on their constituents.

The House Republicans' budget plan “doesn’t even mention Medicaid,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said. The truth isn't nearly that simple.

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have scheduled a vote Tuesday to move forward with their party’s budget blueprint.

The Senate plan, passed last week, does not include Medicaid cuts. The Senate budget resolution omits tax policy but sets the spending agenda to enact Trump’s border, defense and energy policies, punting negotiations on tax policy to a later date and breaking up the spending plan into two separate measures.

House Majority Forward PAC released 23 ads targeting districts deemed competitive in the 2026 midterm elections when historically, the House flips to the opposing party.