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House GOP in mad dash on Trump agenda bill
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The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox. Sign up for the Evening Report newsletter Subscribe *{box-sizing:border-box}body{margin:0;padding:0}a[x-apple-data-detectors]{color:inherit!important;text-decoration:inherit!important}#MessageViewBody a{color:inherit;text-decoration:none}p{line-height:inherit}.desktop_hide,.desktop_hide table{mso-hide:all;display:none;max-height:0;overflow:hidden}.image_block img div{display:none}sub,sup{font-size:75%;line-height:0} @media (max-width:620px){.image_block div.fullWidth{max-width:100%!important}.mobile_hide{display:none}.row-content{width:100%!important}.stack .column{width:100%;display:block}.mobile_hide{min-height:0;max-height:0;max-width:0;overflow:hidden;font-size:0}.desktop_hide,.desktop_hide table{display:table!important;max-height:none!important}} Plus: Trump confronts South African leader in Oval Office{beacon}HOUSE REPUBLICANS are fighting the clock — and each other — as GOP leadership and the White House push for President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to get a vote as soon as tonight.
Conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus headed to the White House on Wednesday afternoon for another negotiating session, even as their members dig in against the legislation.
It’s been one step forward, two steps back so far.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) late Tuesday struck a deal with moderate Republicans in blue states to raise the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, winning over a key group of holdouts.
But conservative fiscal hawks oppose raising the SALT caps, which they see as a subsidy for high-tax states.
“I think we’re further away from a deal because that SALT cap increase I think upset a lot of conservatives,” Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) said on Newsmax.
Freedom Caucus members are also seeking further cuts to Medicaid, which Trump says will not happen.
“We got some work to do, hopefully we get this Medicaid stuff done today and land the plane,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said Wednesday on "The Charlie Kirk Show." “But it does need to change.”
Freedom Caucus members thought they had a deal to secure their support earlier this morning, but a White House official disputed that characterization, saying they’d only been offered a menu of policy options the administration would not oppose if they could garner enough support in the House.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been saying he believes a vote will happen Wednesday. Trump and the White House are ratcheting up the pressure.
“Failure to pass this bill would be the ultimate betrayal,” the White House said in a statement of administration policy.
The reconciliation bill will first need to be voted out of the House Rules Committee, which began deliberations at 1 a.m.
Republicans can only afford to lose three members for the bill to pass the full House.
CONNOLLY DIES AT 75
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) died Wednesday following a battle with esophageal cancer.
The Hill’s Mike Lillis writes: “Connolly, 75, was a familiar figure around the halls of the Capitol, where he was known as a feisty advocate for the institutions of Washington — particularly following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — and a champion of the many federal workers hailing from his Northern Virginia district.”
Connolly was elected ranking member of the powerful House Oversight and Government Reform Committee earlier this year, overcoming a challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in a contest that provoked Democratic debate about age and seniority that has only grown louder amid the revelations about former President Biden’s decline in office.
Connolly is the third House Democrat to die in office this year.
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