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From The Hill: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) urged House Republicans to heed President Trump’s advice on Medicaid, seeking to blunt efforts to significantly cut health benefits in the GOP’s mammoth budget bill.
The president met with GOP members in the Capitol on Tuesday to solidify support for the “one big beautiful” spending bill aimed at extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, bolstering border security and raising the nation’s debt ceiling while proposing cuts to the insurance program that provides coverage to lower-income families and individuals with disabilities.
Trump, behind closed doors, told party members not to “f‑‑‑ with Medicaid.”
“I hope congressional Republicans are listening,” Hawley wrote in a Tuesday post, resharing a report about Trump telling the GOP at the meeting to leave Medicaid alone.
I hope congressional Republicans are listening https://t.co/lxiEgiVTa9
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 20, 2025
“Listen to Trump: No Medicaid benefit cuts,” Hawley warned in another post.
Listen to Trump: No Medicaid benefit cuts
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 20, 2025
Speaking to reporters from the Capitol building Tuesday, President Trump said, “The only thing we’re cutting is waste, fraud and abuse… We’re not changing Medicaid, and we’re not changing Medicare, and we’re not changing Social Security.”
.@POTUS: “The only thing we’re cutting is waste, fraud and abuse… We’re not changing Medicaid, and we’re not changing Medicare, and we’re not changing Social Security.” pic.twitter.com/hjAShOeiIb
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 20, 2025
Last week, Hawley insisted he will not support the bill if the House cuts Medicaid benefits.
It should be a basic foundational principle that it’s wrong to cut health care for the working poor. Trump has said it time and again.
Over 20% of Missourians are on Medicaid, including hundreds of thousands of children. Time for Congress to get the message pic.twitter.com/kiBsjEQHkr
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 14, 2025
No Republican should be supporting Medicaid benefit cuts –
We’re the Party of the working class. Time to start acting like it pic.twitter.com/rPFhlQlqxR
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 14, 2025
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