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,

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

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.