King County officials warn House budget resolution could cut Medicaid, SNAP and climate funding; urge contingency planning

Chair Claudia Balducci convened a Committee of the Whole briefing on federal actions affecting King County operations and budget on May 27, 2025, where Dwight Dively, director of the Office of Performance, Strategy and Budget and chief operating officer for King County, outlined likely impacts if the House budget resolution were enacted as written.

Dively told the committee that the House resolution is a high-level 10-year spending framework and not the detailed appropriations bills that actually fund federal programs. He warned that "the largest set of budget reductions that are called for is roughly $800,000,000,000 of cuts to Medicaid," and that a proposed roughly $270,000,000,000 in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could reduce benefits or eligibility. He also noted "lots of reductions in clean energy funding" and said the Congressional Budget Office estimates the measure would add about…