The House on Tuesday voted 224-189 along party lines to approve a rule governing debate on House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) fiscal year 2014 budget proposal, The Hill's "Floor Action Blog" reports. The rule allows four hours of debate on Ryan's budget and sets up 30 minutes of debate on several alternative budget proposals that are put to a vote. Ryan's budget proposal would balance the federal budget over the next decade by repealing the Affordable Care Act, transitioning Medicare to a premium-support program and turning Medicaid into a block-grant system. The budget proposal calls for $4.6 trillion in savings, with about $2.7 trillion coming from federal health care programs.
