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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Some House Republicans are getting </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/27/medicaid-cuts-republicans-democrats/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-campaign-moment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">nervous</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">. They’re worried that passing President Donald Trump’s budget proposal could mean cuts to popular programs </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/26/republicans-could-be-touching-third-rail-medicaid/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-campaign-moment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">like Medicaid</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">. They’ve also gotten </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/21/doge-georgia-town-hall-gop/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-campaign-moment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">an earful</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> from voters angry at Elon Musk who are packing congressional town halls. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Senior politics reporter Aaron Blake unpacks the </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/27/medicaid-cuts-republicans-democrats/?utm_source=podcasts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-campaign-moment" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">drama</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> with congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor and congressional economics correspondent Jacob Bogage. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Today’s show was produced by Laura Benshoff. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and mixed by Ted Muldoon. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Subscribe to The Washington Post </span><a href="https://subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?s_l=OFFSITE_PODCAST&p=s_v&s_dt=yearly&utm%5B%E2%80%A6%5De-podcast&utm_medium=acq-nat&utm_campaign=podcast-subs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">here</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">.</span></p>