The legislation nearing completion in Congress could reduce federal funding to states for Medicaid and food assistance programs.

U.S. Senate Republicans were trying to pass President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill on Monday, despite divisions within the party about its expected $3.3 trillion hit to the nation's debt pile.

President Trump’s first-year legislative agenda hung in the balance yesterday, as the Senate began voting on amendments to the president’s sweeping economic and domestic policy bill. Trump is pressuring Congress to pass the bill by Friday,