“Mean and cruel” — that’s how U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto described Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s budget bill after passage in the Senate. She gathered Nevada health care leaders and workers July 2 to talk about how the state would be affected.

Sen. Mike Lee from Utah pulled his federal land proposal from budget bill discussions. It didn't fit special rules requiring a focus on finances.

Republicans in the House of Representatives on Wednesday struggled to pass President Donald Trump's massive tax-cut and spending bill as a handful of hardliners withheld their support over concerns about its cost.