A dozen House Republicans urged Speaker Mike Johnson to protect Medicaid, pledging to oppose any cuts to the program.

The House did not vote on the expected budget bill Wednesday night amid numerous GOP lawmakers rebuking the resolution.

While answering questions from reporters Thursday, Speaker Mike Johnson denied cuts would be made to Medicaid as part of the budget blueprint. Rep. Mike Lawler, R-NY, joins Morning Joe to discuss.

President Donald Trump looks to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) before he speaks at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Florida, Monday, Jan.

Speaker Johnson is meeting at the White House with President Trump and House Republican holdouts on the budget bill to fund Trump's agenda.

Speaker Mike Johnson and Florida GOP Rep ... The 119th Congress begins its term on Capitol Hill today. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Alex Wong/Getty Images Johnson laid out the specifics ...

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) — After abruptly halting votes, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to try again Thursday to approve a Republican budget framework, having worked into the ...

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite The Trump administration ... The president did not mention Medicaid during his lengthy address. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, told Newsweek ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber after ... April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ...

Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images/Adam Gray ... Anna Paulina Luna, said she’d come to an alternative agreement with Speaker Mike Johnson, to expand an old practice of “vote pairing.” ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber after an essential ... Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a shove from President Donald ...