Republicans will not be able to meet their budget target without making large cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, the Congressional Budget Office said. In a budget blueprint adopted last week, House Republicans instructed the House Energy and Commerce Committee,

The nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.

The House GOP has ordered the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid funding, to cut $880 billion in a bill to advance Trump's agenda.