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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Yesterday, Tuesday, February 25, Republicans passed a budget resolution with more than $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid that will destroy programs that support women and families.
Please see here data compiled by the House Committee on the Budget about the ways that the Republican budget resolution will harm women and families in every community across America.
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Lizzie Johnson, lizzie.johnson@mail.house.gov (DWC)
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