The nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.

Republicans will not be able to meet their budget target without making large cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, the Congressional Budget Office said. In a budget blueprint adopted last week, House Republicans instructed the House Energy and Commerce Committee,

Reps. Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman made a joint appearance Friday in Santa Rosa to issue dire warnings about the impact of a Republican plan to cut over the next decade at least $880 billion from programs that are likely to include Medicaid and Medicare to help pay for some $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.