The sprawling reconciliation package that House Republicans are rushing through committee would trigger over $500 billion in automatic cuts to Medicare, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate released late Tuesday.

President Trump met with congressional Republicans on Capitol Hill and said that their tax cut bill's Medicaid changes are focused on cutting fraud, waste and abuse.

The bill, which must still win Senate approval and a presidential signature, would have a broad impact on state residents' daily lives.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has begun meeting privately with Senate Republicans who are threatening to derail President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over what they fear could be substantial cuts to Medicaid.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she was confident the Senate would pass the budget bill and that her team was "suiting up" to get it through the Senate. When asked about GOP Reps. Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson's no votes on the bill,