House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a new rebellion among Republican lawmakers as a dozen of them warned him they won't vote for a budget reconciliation package that includes steep cuts to Medicaid.
Those who issued the warning are swing-district and centrist lawmakers whose standing could be impacted by a potentially unpopular measure, Axios reported. It puts Johnson between a rock and a hard place, as members of the House Freedom Caucus are making demands of their own: that the bill includes further cuts.
