House Democrats pushed back on the GOP plan to add work requirements to entitlement programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid to offset the renewal of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts. 

Democrats have slammed the GOP’s so-called “big beautiful bill” that uses a process called reconciliation to unlock President Donald Trump’s agenda. They’ve honed in on proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP funding and reforms to add work requirements to receive such benefits.

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