House Republicans are calling for $13.7 billion in cuts from the Labor Department, Education Department, and Health and Human Services (LHHS) annual appropriations package in fiscal year 2026, Punchbowl News reported Monday.
Under their plan, funding for the Department of Labor would get cut by 28%, the Department of Education would incur 15% cuts, and HHS 6%, according to Punchbowl News.
The National Institutes of Health would be funded at its FY2025 level of $48 billion, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would get cut by $1.7 billion from the current fiscal year, according to the report.
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