budget reconciliation

A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted a provision in President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” blocking taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood through Medicaid.

Abortion giant Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday over a provision in the “Big, Beautiful Bill” stripping the organization of taxpayer dollars through Medicaid for one year.

While pro-life organizations view the move as a battle won, they are pledging to continue fighting to have the organization permanently defunded through debarment. 

In anonymous comments to Axios, two disgruntled House Democrats grumbled about Jeffries leaving his colleagues in the dark about his plans to essentially filibuster the passage of President Donald Trump’s agenda through the budget reconciliation bill.

A Senate provision stripping abortion providers — including Planned Parenthood — of federal taxpayer dollars through Medicaid will remain in the Big, Beautiful Bill after the Senate parliamentarian on Monday ruled that the language does not violate the Byrd Rule. 

The unelected Senate parliamentarian has ruled out eliminating benefits for illegal aliens, Sen. Rand Paul said.

Voters overwhelmingly oppose taxpayer dollars going to organizations — such as Planned Parenthood — that perform abortions and provide sex change drugs to minors, new polling shows.

Defunding abortion providers through the reconciliation process would allow the Senate to bypass the critical 60-vote threshold for a simple majority vote instead, capitalizing on Republicans’ overall trifecta.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is clobbering incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in poll after poll ahead of next year’s Senate primary in the Lone Star State. Paxton revealed the secret on Breitbart News Saturday.

The U.S. Senate will make the “big, beautiful bill” even better than the U.S. House of Representatives, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Monday said after a conversation with President Donald Trump that the 47th president said he wants “NO MEDICAID BENEFIT CUTS.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) made multiple false statements on President Donald Trump’s economy and the Republicans’ proposed changes to Medicaid and Obamacare spending, prompting a fact-check from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC).

Senate Republicans are gearing up to make some “changes” to their version of the House of Representatives’ “big, beautiful, bill” before they try to pass it by Independence Day, multiple lawmakers said.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending budget, lovingly dubbed the “one big, beautiful, bill,” strips Medicaid’s funding for transgender surgeries — a move that will impact a large portion of such procedures if it passes the Senate.

President Donald Trump met with House Republicans on Tuesday to get his “big, beautiful” reconciliation budget passed, though several Freedom Caucus and State and the Local Tax (SALT) Caucus members remain unconvinced without further negotiations.

Republicans withholding support for President Donald Trump’s trademark legislation over spending concerns repeatedly praised spending cut levels Trump’s bill achieves and surpasses.

Republican strategist Mark Bednar assured Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matt Boyle that Congress’s “big, beautiful” budget bill is still being worked on and not dead in the water as the establishment media has reported.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought defended the House’s latest budget reconciliation bill framework Friday, hours after conservatives used their leverage to postpone the bill’s advancement from the Budget Committee.

The House Budget Committee voted down a budget reconciliation bill just after noon Friday in a temporary roadblock for President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

The budget reconciliation bill is a generational opportunity to deliver on President Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda, and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and other Trump allies don’t want to waste the opportunity, Lee told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Thursday evening.

House Republicans are moving to block an estimated 1.4 million illegal aliens from receiving American taxpayer-funded Medicaid as Democrats struggle to message their support for the unpopular position.

President Donald Trump has signed well over a hundred executive orders to advance the America First Agenda, but Congress is lagging behind in codifying those policies into law, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) told Breitbart News.

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce unveiled a portion of the proposed budget reconciliation bill on Sunday which includes a provision to strip abortion providers — including Planned Parenthood — of federal taxpayer dollars through Medicaid. 

Americans overwhelmingly support rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, according to a poll obtained by Breitbart News.

Rep. Mary Miller sent a letter to the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce asking him to “use every legislative option available to cease all federal funds going to Planned Parenthood.”

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised Monday Republicans have “great unity” as Congress kicks off its quest to pass a “very pro-growth” bill with President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts, border security, and other legislative priorities.

During this week’s broadcast of FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) touted the passage of the budget, referred to as the “big beautiful bill” last week before Congress adjourned for the Easter recess.

Congress is sending a budget resolution to the Resolute Desk, a major victory for President Donald Trump and his legislative push.

The Attorneys General of 21 states wrote to President Donald Trump Tuesday “to express our gratitude for your support” of the latest budget resolution, writing “failure cannot be an option.” The letter led by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R)

President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed the Senate-passed budget resolution, saying it will help advance the “one, big, beautiful bill” to cut taxes and secure the border.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused Senate Republicans of “going nuclear,” but the law and his own party contradict his claim.

Pro-life groups are urging Republicans to use their trifecta to defund the abortion industry, including Planned Parenthood, through budget reconciliation.

Legislating isn’t always pretty, but it’s the results that matter. And after a series of ups and downs and highs and lows, House Republicans got pretty results Tuesday night.

Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) has officially rejoined the Republican Study Committee (RSC), another coup for the largest conservative group on Capitol Hill. Harris’s return, which Breitbart News is reporting exclusively, brings another marquee Capitol Hill conservative into the RSC’s growing

The House Budget Committee approved a budget resolution Thursday night, a necessary step towards enacting President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda through the budget reconciliation process.

Rep. Jim Jordan explained Republicans “aggressive” schedule to cut taxes, secure the border, and slash the deficit on Breitbart News Saturday.