Republicans eye tax breaks, border funds and clean energy cuts when Trump returns

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3. "Able-bodied" adults, Medicaid block grants, Obamacare subsidies...

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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he wants “a credible requirement for able-bodied adults” to work to get federal benefits. He also called for scrutinizing “mandatory” spending outside Social Security and Medicare to slash red ink.

[Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.,] “On Medicaid, as you know, I’ve always believed in block grants. I believe in block grants,” he said. “We ought to give the states more opportunity, and the states will figure out how to spend the money.”

. . . Multiple Republicans, including Tuberville, said they weren't sure whether they'll seek to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies in the new bill.