While the House has yet to name conferees to the conference committee for the budget resolution - a sign that final compromises have not yet been reached - 44 House Republicans have sent a letter to House Budget Chairman Jim Nussle (IA) urging the reinstatement of $20 billion to the Medicaid program in the budget resolution. The position of those House Republicans may make it even more difficult for any cuts in spending to the Medicaid program this year through reconciliation instructions. The Senate stripped instructions for $20 billion in savings from the program before passing their budget resolution. However, if the House GOP leadership is willing to relent on Medicaid funding, it may increase the changes of a compromise on a final budget resolution. Congress has failed to pass a budget resolution in two out of the last three years. Read more about the budget resolutions passed by the House and Senate in March