Several protesters were arrested for disrupting a House committee's budget reconciliation markup on Tuesday, as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., thanked those holding court in the hallway.

At the outset of the amendment process, Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee hold photos of constituents who rely on the social

Central to the savings are changes to Medicaid, which provides almost free health care to more than 70 million Americans, and the Affordable Care Act,

Medicaid funding fight turns partisan, pitting cutting waste and fraud to preserve it against the risk of endangering needy recipients.

A screaming protester directed her anger at an Alabama congressman as a House committee debated Medicaid cuts on Tuesday. “You will kill me. I am HIV-positive,” the demonstrator shouted, interrupting Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover.

And as is typical with grisly compromises, neither side is necessarily happy with the product.

As Congressional committee hearings begin in Washington, New Jersey officials predict 700,000 could lose health care.

House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”