Hamza Adam 
Two MAGA Republicans in the Senate are speaking out against potential changes to Medicaid being eyed by the House, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) vowed to pass President Donald Trump’s spending bill by the new Fourth of July deadline.
Top officials announced the new deadline on Monday after Johnson had originally set it for Memorial Day.
Sens. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) both warned the House to lay off Medicaid, particularly two proposals: one that would “cut the federal government’s share of the costs in states that have expanded Medicaid,” and the other that would “cap Medicaid expansion spending.”
Both ideas amounted to “cutting benefits,” Moreno told Semafor, adding, “We don’t need to cut benefits. And it actually really infuriates me to hear people here talking about that, because it stresses people out. This is life and death for them.”
According to Semafor, the current framework for the GOP’s tax cut bill “directs the House committee in charge of Medicaid to find $880 billion in savings over 10 years.”
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Even still, the report described a “growing consensus” among GOP lawmakers about paring back their party’s pursuit of Medicaid savings.
More than a dozen Republican senators could fight against Medicaid cuts, Semafor reported.
“There’s not 50 votes for any kind of cuts in benefits. That’s just a fact,” Moreno said.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed he would not cut benefits, and he’s told lawmakers to look elsewhere if they have to make cuts to his “Big, Beautiful Bill.”
As it currently stands, the spending bill will “raise the debt ceiling, extend 2017 tax cuts, provide additional tax cuts, supply hundreds of billions of dollars in border and defense funds and slash federal spending.”
“Finding more than $1 trillion worth of spending cuts to help pay for the bill is sure to be the biggest headache, with moderates in both chambers insisting that Medicaid be preserved,” Axios reported.