US EditionCapitol Police arrest more than 25 as Medicaid activists interrupt committee
- On May 13, 2025, Capitol Police arrested 26 pro-Medicaid protesters outside the Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.
- The protest occurred because the House planned to consider a GOP budget bill proposing substantial cuts to Medicaid funding over the next decade.
- Protesters chanted slogans like "no cuts to Medicaid" as police closed halls and arrested those refusing to leave for obstructing and crowding.
- Rep. Chip Roy criticized the bill for adding over $20 trillion in debt and failing to transform Medicaid while Senate Democrats called the cuts "ridiculous."
- The budget markup will provoke heated debates, risks reducing coverage by millions, and signals a major shift in Medicaid affecting millions' healthcare access.
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Americans Refuse To Quietly Let Republicans Kill Medicaid, People On Medicaid
Protesters crowd the hall outside a hearing room where the House Energy and Commerce Committee prepared its Medicaid cuts bill. Video screenshot, Sky News Australia on YouTubeThe House Energy and Commerce Committee got to work yesterday on its part of the One Big Beautiful Blowjobs for Billionaires Bill, in which they’ve been instructed to cut $880 billion over the coming decade. That means huge cuts to Medicaid, in the neighborhood of $700 bill…
Breaking: Democrat Voters Storm Federal Building — But Don’t Expect the Media to Call This an Insurrection - Red State Nation
Washington, D.C. – On May 13, 2025, a group of Democrat voters, upset over perceived threats to Medicaid, stormed the Rayburn Building during a Congressional hearing, chanting and shouting in the halls, yet the media remains silent. The video, viewed over 1.6 million times, captures the chaos, with conservatives on X decrying the double standard: […] The post Breaking: Democrat Voters Storm Federal Building — But Don’t Expect the Media to Call T…
Dozens Arrested for Trying to Stop Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ — Dem Senator Thanks Them - News Addicts
More than two dozen protesters were arrested for disrupting the House Energy and Commerce’s budget reconciliation markup on Tuesday, as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., thanked those holding court in the hallway. “Around 2 p.m., 26 people were arrested for illegally demonstrating in the Rayburn House Office Building. They were arrested for 22-1307 Crowding, Obstructing, and […] The post Dozens Arrested for Trying to Stop Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ — …
Ten Hours In: Raucous Protests, Forced Removals And No Serious Discussion Of Republicans’ Proposed Cuts To Medicaid
The House Energy and Commerce Committee met Tuesday afternoon to begin discussing committee Republicans’ budget markup that will enact sweeping cuts to Medicaid…
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