House advances budget resolution to cut vital programs in reconciliation process

OMAHA, Nebraska (April 10, 2025)—Today, Nebraska For Us is once again expressing concerns after Congressman Don Bacon and our state’s entire federal delegation voted in favor of advancing a process that would lead to steep cuts to programs like SNAP and Medicaid to fund huge tax breaks for the wealthy. A recent report from The Budget Lab at Yale underscores the challenges facing working class and middle income Nebraska families if these cuts are ultimately signed into law.

“Today’s vote is another discouraging move from our federal representatives that shows they would like to advance a tax plan that disproportionately benefits the ultra-wealthy and big corporations,” Nebraska For Us State Director Angie Lauritsen said. “With extreme tariffs driving economic anxiety even higher than before, it will also be working class and middle income Nebraskans who will have the hardest time paying higher prices. Amid the constant chaos, this erodes trust in our elected leaders even more.”

To offset the costs of extending or expanding the 2017 GOP Tax Law, committees across the federal government are set to dramatically reduce funding to key programs. Congressman Bacon is a member of the House Committee on Agriculture which is responsible for SNAP, and the committee is tasked with cutting hundreds of billions of dollars. Nebraska For Us continues to call on him to oppose any cuts to SNAP. It is one of many programs at risk of harmful reductions.

“Due to my sister’s life-altering stroke, Medicaid is a program that she cannot go without,” Omaha taxpayer Vanessa Chavez Jurado said. “The fact that my family now has to worry about the stability of this program in addition to the other challenges we face in our daily lives is heartbreaking and simply unacceptable.”

Nebraska For Us focuses on federal economic policies that impact working class and middle income Nebraskans, specifically with the potential extension or expansion of the 2017 GOP Tax Law and cuts to programs Nebraska families rely on. The status of this legislation, along with other policies, will be discussed at our CD2 Community Town Hall next Wednesday, April 16.