Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that July 4 is the new deadline for lawmakers to pass President Trump's ambitious tax agenda.

Bessent and Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, met on Capitol Hill Monday with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and top tax writers.

Congress returned to Washington on Monday to kick off a key stretch to get the package, which includes broad swaths of Trump's agenda, passed. Republicans aim to pass it with only GOP votes but must first work........

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