Many low-income families would see cuts in health care and food benefits. The state hopes for a big reimbursement for border security spending.

The United States House of Representatives on May 22, 2025, narrowly approved a far-reaching budget reconciliation package that if enacted would sever at least tens of thousands of West Virginians’ access to health and social safety net programs.

Republican leaders scored a win Thursday morning with the passage of the multi-trillion budget reconciliation package, moving forward President Donald Trump’s permanent tax cuts, border security funding,

One provision strips all Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries, for trans people of any age. Another provision bans coverage for these services under the Affordable Care Act by excluding them from the definition of "essential health benefits."

Republicans in the U.S. House of Delegates advanced a mega bundle of bills designed to shave billions from the federal budget, which Democrats and advocates have said will take resources from the nation’s most vulnerable citizens and hinder social safety nets.

As late-night negotiations on the House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill pushed an expected vote to Thursday, long-term care providers are hoping for some kind of Hail Mary.

Republicans defend budget legislation as economic plan to make life more affordable amid fierce partisan battle over social program cuts

Democratic U.S. Reps. Mikie Sherrill and Josh Gottheimer, the two members of Congress running for New Jersey governor, both spoke out against the Republican-backed budget bill that passed the U.S. House Thursday morning.