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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: House's Budget Increases Military Spending, Slashes Medicare and Medicaid [Watch (HLS stream): House's Budget Increases Military Spending, Slashes Medicare and Medicaid](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Y3Pp2Bj4.m3u8) (0:50)  _Published 2017-07-18. House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a budget that proposes trillions of dollars in cuts to the social safety net and other domestic programs while sharply boosting military spending, a blueprint that elicited criticism_ --- Jul 27, 2023 10:16 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [House Republicans Pushes ‘Big’ Budget Resolution to Passage](/video/hFLQzxu6/) ### House Republicans Pushes ‘Big’ Budget Resolution to Passage [The Senate Has Passed the GOP's $4 Trillion Budget Blueprint](/video/QiPqceyk/) ### The Senate Has Passed the GOP's $4 Trillion Budget Blueprint [Can the Military Cut Excess Spending?](/video/dxJG2a6h/) ### Can the Military Cut Excess Spending? --- ## Transcript In past years the budget has only been a vision. But now with a Republican Congress and a Republican White House this budget is a plan for action. And now is our moment to achieve real results for the people that we serve in building a better America. This is a plan to balance the budget. It spurs economic growth, it secures our national defense, it returns power to the States, and in holds Washington accountable. We're gonna be eternally optimistic that the Senators gonna get their work done. I know they're taking an action today on the health care bill. We can do our work in our conference, in our body, in the House. 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