H.Con.Res.14 FY2025 Budget Resolution (Medicaid Cuts)

Budget resolution directing $880 billion in cuts targeting Medicaid healthcare coverage (119th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

CBO and Urban Institute project 8-17 million people would lose Medicaid coverage under these reductions.

CBO — Budget Options for Reducing Deficit (2024) — Medicaid spending reduction options and coverage loss estimates

KFF — Medicaid coverage for non-elderly adults: 40% of all non-elderly adults on Medicaid are employed
Urban Institute — analysis of proposed per-capita cap effects: 8-17 million people projected to lose coverage

Who Lobbied on This Bill

$112.4M combined quarterly activity

121 lobbying firms

188 clients represented

2025-first_quarter–2026-second_quarter filing period

⚠ 63 lobbyists who worked this bill previously held government positions

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ALEXA BRANSON — Special Asst. - White House, EOP, Offc. of Public Liaison; Deputy Assoc. Director - White House, EOP, Offc. of Pres.…
ANGELA AMBROSE — Sr. Leg. Liaison Officer, ODNI; Deputy Dir., Office of Congressional Affairs, DOD; Leg. Corr., Leg. Asst., Sr. Leg.…
ASHLEY MORGAN — Deputy Assc. Admin., Senate Relations, Special Advisor for Senate Relations, Deputy Dir. of Scheduling and Advance,…
ATALIE EBERSOLE — Executive Assistant, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
AUDREY SMITH — Legislative Assistant 8/1/2012 - 4/10/2015;U.S. House of Representatives Office of Congressman David B. McKinley.…
AUSTIN GAGE — Asst. to Rep. Hal Rogers, House Appropriations Committee; Legislative Director/Counsel/Senior Leg. Assistant, Rep.…
BENJAMIN JARRETT — Special Assistant for Outreach, Appalachian Regional Commission / MLA, Rep. John Carter / Staff Assistant, Rep.…
BRADLEY STINE — Deputy Chief of Staff - Rep. C.W. Bill Young, Legislative Director - Rep. C.W. Bill Young, Legislative Assistant -…
BRUNO FREITAS — Dep. Chief of Staff, Dep. Chief of Staff for Econ. Dev., Director of Econ. Dev. and Sen. Adv., Senator Elizabeth…
CARLOS JACKSON — Legislative Assistant; House Member Office (Rep. Gwen Moore), Executive Assistant, Special Projects Coordinator,…
CHRISTOPHER BONESS — Professional Staff, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Staff Assistant, Senate Homeland…
CHRISTOPHER PHILBIN — Jim McGovern
DANIEL ZAWITOSKI — Chief of Staff, Rep. Scott Peters (2018-2023); Legislative Director, Rep. Scott Peters (2015-2018); Legislative…
DAVID TURKOVIC — Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary of Defense (Schedule C): October 2019-January 2021
DEAN THOMAS — Senior Appropriations Assistant, Rep. Tim Ryan
DEBORAH MAZOL — Chief of Staff - Rep. Andy Biggs, Legislative Director - Rep. Reid Ribble, Legislative Assistant - Senator Ron…
ELIZABETH MESSER — Staff Assistant, Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Aide, House Member Office (Palazzo); Legislative Assistant,…
ELIZABETH STEIN — Senate HELP
EMILY KIRLIN — Mbr Servs Dir, Sen. John Cornyn (2016-2018); Whip Liaison, Sen. Cornyn (2013-2016); Whip Liaison, Sen. Jon Kyl…
GRIFFIN REINECKE — Paid Intern, Staff Assistant, Research Assistant, Legislative Assistant - House of Representatives Committee on…
HADLEY SOSNOFF — Legislative Director, ID-1; Legislative Assistant, ID-1; Legislative Correspondent NY-18; Staff Assistant NY-18
JACKSON CLARK — Paid Intern - District Office of Senator Amy Klobuchar
JASON SWINSON — Intern. Reps. Mike Rogers, Jerry Carl, Barry Moore, and Robert Aderholt
JEFF SHOCKEY — Staff Director, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Staff Director/Deputy Staff Director, House…
JEFFREY BILLMAN — Chief of Staff, Rep. Ronny Jackson; Dep. Chief of Staff, Rep. Kevin Brady; Dep. Chief of Staff, Rep. Kevin Hern;…
JOHN FALARDEAU — Sr. Vice President
JOHN VAN ETTEN — Sr. Leg. Asst., Rep. Hayworth; Leg. Director, Rep. Hayworth
JOSEPH DUNN — LA, Sr. Policy Advisor, LD - Rep. Anthony Weiner; LD - Rep. Chris Murphy; Sr. Policy Advisor - Sen. Chris Murphy;…
JUAN BUHIGAS PALINKASEV — Intern, Rep. Henry Cuellar
KAITLYN LANE — 2/16-5/18: US House of Reps., Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz- Staff Assistant, Leg. Correspondent/Leg. Assistant,…
KARYN RICHMAN — Program Examiner, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget; Professional Staff, House…
KIMBERLY BEER — Congressman Luis Fortuno
LAURA BOZELL — LA House Member Office (McCrery), Prof Staff Ways & Means Cmte (Camp)
LELAND COGLIANI — Professional Staff of the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee; Senior Analyst at the Government…
LILLIAN ADELSTEIN — Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Legislative Correspondent
LUCIA PANZA — Counsel, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer; Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; Legislative Assistant, U.S.…
MANDAR JADHAV — Health Policy Advisor - Sen. HELP Committee; Policy Advisor - Sen. Bill Cassidy
MARIA OLSON — Leg.Asst., Prof.Staff - Sen. Susan Collins; Prof.Staff - Senate HELP; Leg.Aide, Prof.Staff - Sen. Spec. Comm. Aging;…
MEGHAN FLYNN — Intern, Congressman Don Beyer
NICHOLAS WIDMYER — Sr. Policy Advisor - Rep. Abigail Spanberger; Legislative Correspondent - Sen. Tim Kaine
PATRICK TULLY — Senior Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
PETER ENGEL — Legislative Aide, Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant, Intern, Sen. Tina Smith
QUINTON JOHNSON — Legislative Assistant/Aide/Correspondent / Staff Assistant, Rep. Betty McCollum; Intern, Rep. Angie Craig
REGINALD MCCRIMMON — Director Member Services & External Affairs - Congressional Black Caucus; Special Assistant, Staff Assistant - Rep.…
ROBERT BABCOCK — Senior Legislative Assistant/Legislative Assistant, Congressman Steve King; Legislative Aide/Legislative…
ROSS MARADIAN — Rep. Leonard Boswell - Legislative Director/Legislative Assistant/Staff Assistant
RYAN LITTLE — H. Comm. on Oversight.: Dir. of Ext. Aff., Sen. Adv. & Dir. of Ops., Ops. Dir., Prof. Staff. Member, Mgr. Floor.…
SHARON ESHELMAN — Senior Advisor-DHS Office of Legislative Affairs; Subcommittee Staff Director-House Committee on Oversight and…
SRINIVAS SONTI — Temporary Professional Staff - United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Senior Policy Advisor-Senator…
STEPHEN DODD — Director of Governmental Affairs
STEVE CHARTAN — Lobbyist no longer actively lobbying as of 1/24/25
SUSAN PAXON — Intern, Sen. Roger Wicker and Speaker Nancy Pelosi
SUSANNAH HOWIESON — Nuclear Security Fellow in Office of Congressman Bill Foster - 1 year - 2019 (paid by GWU)
TARA ROUNTREE — Chief of Staff, Rep. Jennifer McClellan; Chief of Staff, VA-04 Congressional District; Chief of Staff, Rep. Donald…
TERESA DORN — Executive Legislative Assistant - Rep. Claudia Tenney, Deputy Chief of Staff - Rep. Reid Ribble, Executive Assistant…
THOMAS CULLIGAN — Legislative Director/Appropriations Legislative Assistant, Rep. Frank Wolf; Legislative Assistant/Caseworker, Rep.…
THOMAS FULTON — Leg Correspondent, Rep. Jim McCrery; Dir of Constituent Services, Systems Admin, Rep. John Fleming; Leg…
TIFFANY FINCK-HAYNES — Government Affairs Representative
TIMOTHY CHURCHILL — Intern - Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (March 2017 - August 2017) Intern - Congressman Roger Marshall (August 2017 -…
TIMOTHY CLEMENT — Vice President of Federal Government Affairs
TONY ESSALIH — COS, LD, LA House Member Office (Culberson), LA House Member Office (Archer), SA House Member Office (Hastings),…
WILLIAM KATT — Legislative Fellow, Office of Rep. Phil Roe
WILLIAM LANE — Rep. Jeff Duncan (Jan. 2018-July 2024) Rep. Jeb Hensarling (Sept. 2017-Jan 2018) (Internship) Sen. Marco Rubio (May…

Policy Areas Covered

Aerospace Agriculture Animals Automotive Industry Banking Budget/Appropriations Clean Air and Water (quality) Defense Education Energy/Nuclear Environment/Superfund Family issues/Abortion/Adoption Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities Government Issues Health Issues Homeland Security Insurance Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs Medicare/Medicaid Natural Resources Pharmacy Railroads Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation Retirement Small Business Taxation/Internal Revenue Code Telecommunications Trade (domestic/foreign) Welfare

Government Entities Lobbied

Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
Administration on Aging
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Air Force, Dept of
Army, Dept of (Other)
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
Bureau of the Census
Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Education, Dept of
Energy, Dept of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
General Services Administration (GSA)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)
Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)
Natl Council on Disability
Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Natl Science Foundation (NSF)
Natl Security Council (NSC)
Navy, Dept of
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
Office of Administration
Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Office of the Secretary of Defense
President of the U.S.
SENATE
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Small Business Administration (SBA)
State, Dept of (DOS)
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Treasury, Dept of
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Customs & Border Protection
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
White House Office

Who Hired the Lobbyists

HEARTFLOW, INC. Medical device firm in the cardiology space
JOB CREATORS NETWORK advocacy organization for small business
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
WIELAND NORTH AMERICA Manufacturer of brass, bronze and copper products
NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (NAHMA)
TNC (US) HOLDINGS INC
SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC. Energy
NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER

Source: Senate LDA filings · Dollar figures are combined quarterly totals for all lobbying by each firm, not bill-specific spend.

Budget resolution directing $880 billion in cuts targeting Medicaid. Medicaid covers 90 million Americans; CBO analysis shows cuts of this magnitude would reduce enrollment and increase the uninsured population.