House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said Thursday that Republican leadership will “absolutely” ensure that Medicaid work requirements go into effect sooner in order to help garner support from conservative holdouts on the reconciliation package, The Hill reported.

In the initial budget bill released this week, work requirements were set to take effect in 2029, a date House conservatives said was too far off and a major reason for pulling their support for the “one big, beautiful bill” to fund President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda, according to the report.

Scalise did not give a timeline for work requirements to kick in.

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