Although the House of Representatives has postponed a vote on altering the Congressional budget resolution to require House committees to make deeper cuts in mandatory (i.e., entitlement) programs, the House leadership has made clear that it is committed to achieving the additional cuts.
The leadership has said it will direct House committees to increase the total cuts in mandatory programs to $50 billion over five years — up $15 billion from the $35 billion that the budget resolution approved in April calls for — regardless of whether the House votes to amend the budget resolution to require the deeper cuts. A substantial portion of these additional reductions is likely to be achieved by cutting more deeply into programs that provide basic assistance to vulnerable, low-income families and individuals.
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