House Republicans are barreling into a crucial week in their effort to pass President Trump’s legislative agenda, with key policy hang-ups threatening to upend leadership’s timeline for approving the sprawling package.

Those disagreements have already prompted delays as lawmakers haggle over how to address contentious issues while meeting deficit reduction targets.

The Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees areas including Medicaid and green tax credits, postponed a markup on its portion of the Trump agenda bill as lawmakers remain at odds over how to handle potential cuts to the social safety net program. Hard-line conservatives are calling for steep slashes that moderates have drawn red lines around, all as Trump insists that Republicans not cut Medicaid benefits provided to low-income individuals.

Meanwhile, the House Ways and Means Committee, which has the arduous task of crafting the massive tax portion of the bill, had aimed to mark up this week, but that plan is on thin ice as the panel struggles to work through a series of hot-button issues.

The top point of discontent revolves around how to address the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap, with Republicans in high-tax blue states pushing for a sizable increase and deficit hawks pumping the brakes. The conference is also in conflict over the green energy tax credits that were passed as part of sweeping Democratic legislation during the Biden administration, which conservatives pan but moderates say benefit their districts.

The lingering disagreements are putting Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) roadmap in jeopardy. The top lawmaker said he wants the remaining markups to take place this week so that the House Budget Committee can combine all parts of the package the week after, putting the legislation on track for final passage — along party lines in a razor-thin GOP majority — by Memorial Day.

That plan, however, could go awry if members are unable to work through the lingering disagreements, putting pressure on leadership to find consensus and move the process along.

“I think it’s tight,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), a key proponent........

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