GOP leaders reveal changes to win over holdouts on Trump agenda bill
House Republican leadership on Wednesday night unveiled last-minute tweaks to President Trump’s tax cut and spending priorities bill, including increasing the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap and speeding up the implementation of new Medicaid work requirements.
The changes, made in legislation called a manager’s amendment, were revealed after late-stage negotiations with blue-state Republicans and hardline conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus who had been withholding support for the legislation.
GOP leaders plan to bring the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to a floor vote as soon as it clears the House Rules Committee, either late Wednesday night or in the wee hours of Thursday morning.
Included in the manager’s amendment is an increase to the state........
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