Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is warning against his own party’s push to slash Medicaid spending, just hours after House Republicans released legislation that could save billions of dollars and make

House Republicans passed Medicaid reform and a $900 billion spending cut out of committee Wednesday after a marathon multi-day session marking up that portion of President Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill — despite a key senator warning the commander in chief would veto it.

House Republicans are proposing hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts to Medicaid, a major flashpoint in negotiations that could make or break President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.

One Republican, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, warned his colleagues in an op-ed Monday that cutting health care to pay for tax breaks would be “morally wrong and politically suicidal.”

The House GOP is working to push Trump's package through committees and opposition from Democrats and even some wary Republicans.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) blasted his fellow Republicans for threatening to cut Medicaid to help offset tax cuts sought by President Donald Trump.Missouri voters decisively elected to expand the state's Medicaid coverage in 2020,

Mo., is sounding the alarm that Republicans should avoid deep cuts to Medicaid in the budget reconciliation process.

Republican legislation proposes changes to Medicaid including work requirements, co-pays and tougher eligibility requirements. Doctors and patients worry about the effects.

Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) may be from the same party and the same state as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), but the two are worlds apart when it comes to how Medicaid should be represented in the House spending bill.