Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) said Democrats are "lying" about the sweeping GOP plan to cut $1 trillion from federal health and food programs.

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

The fate of the state and local tax deduction, or SALT, is dividing lawmakers by geography as well as politics.

There are certain elected officials who appear to have a certain orange hue about them," one Democrat scoffed at a tanning provision originally in the bill.

Millions of low-income Americans, including families with children, could lose their food stamp benefits under House Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending cuts package, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Thursday.

Proposed cuts to the country’s largest food aid program could slash benefits currently going to one in six Oregonians or shift more than $1 billion in program costs to the state in each two-year budget cycle.

The massive tax policy bill the House passed Thursday would change many things in the economy. Among them, who pays for major programs like SNAP and Medicaid. In the GOP’s legislation, states would start picking up more of the tab.

Others could see their monthly benefits reduced if the bill were to become law, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Republicans are touting House passage of a megabill to fund Trump’s agenda as a win for Americans. Democrats slam it as benefiting the rich and hurting low-income people.