Brown Votes Against MAGA Budget That Cuts Medicaid, SNAP to Fund Tax Breaks for Billionaires

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) voted against the Republican Budget Resolution on the House floor. The latest Republican budget calls for $5.5 trillion in tax cuts, partially paid for by significant cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential benefits. House Republicans only passed the legislation after far-right members secured commitments from House and Senate leadership to impose deep cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

This budget resolution unlocks the partisan reconciliation process by directing each committee in Congress to implement massive cuts by department and agency by May 9, 2025. The budget includes $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid and $230 billion in cuts to SNAP. Half of the tax cuts in the bill would benefit those making $450,000 per year or more. 

“Make no mistake: the Republican Budget sacrifices the health and economic security of working people in Northeast Ohio just to hand more tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires. This budget doesn’t just make it harder for folks to see a doctor, put food on the table, or go to college – it rigs the system even further against those trying to get ahead. This is a budget that puts the American people last, and that’s why I voted no. I will continue to oppose this radical agenda that seeks to pad the pockets of the wealthy and well-connected at the expense of everyday Ohioans,” said Congresswoman Shontel Brown.

If this budget were to become law, hundreds of thousands of people in Northeast Ohio would lose their health care coverage due to Medicaid cuts

The Republican Budget includes:

• At least $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid and other health care benefits
  • This jeopardizes the health care coverage of approximately 288,000 Ohioans on Medicaid in the 11^th Congressional District
  • Approximately 41,000 Ohioans in OH-11 could have higher premiums for Affordable Care Act plans
• At least $230 billion in cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP)
  • This jeopardizes the nutrition benefits of at least 188,000 Ohioans relying on SNAP in the 11^thCongressional District
• At least $330 billion in cuts to student loan repayment, Pell grants, and school meals
• At least $50 billion in cuts to federal employee retirement benefits
• At least $10 billion in cuts to infrastructure funding

Last week, Congresswoman Brown introduced the Hunger Free Future Act to protect against SNAP benefit cuts. 

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