House Republicans are on the hunt for deals on Medicaid cuts, the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap and other contentious topics this week, as the conference looks to advance its package full of President Trump’s legislative priorities.

The search for consensus comes as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is eyeing the ambitious goal of getting the “one big, beautiful bill” out of the House and to the Senate by the end of the month, a timeline that is becoming more and more difficult as the key hangups bog down the process.

Without agreement on the controversial topics, the House Energy and Commerce Committee and House Ways and Means Committee are unable to hold key votes on the Trump agenda bill, putting the conference at risk of blowing through leadership’s plan for passage.

Also this week, the House is set to vote on a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, as Republicans look to finalize one of Trump’s priorities. In the upper chamber, senators are set to consider a resolution that seeks to overturn a Biden-era rule related to rubber tire manufacturing.

And throughout the Capitol, Cabinet secretaries will be making the rounds for hearings this week, as the officials field questions on Trump’s first budget request of his second term.

House GOP looks to work through reconciliation hangups

The GOP’s bill full of Trump’s domestic policy priorities will be the main focus in the House this week, as Republican lawmakers look to work through disagreements over potential Medicaid cuts, the SALT deduction cap and more to keep the package on track for passage by the end of this month.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee will look to tackle the debate over Medicaid cuts on Tuesday and Wednesday, when the panel is scheduled to hold “member meetings.” The committee was initially looking to hold its markup this week, but pushed off the vote amid continued discord.

The main point of contention with the bill revolves around potential cuts to Medicaid. The idea of possible slashes to the social safety net program has rattled the party for months, with conservatives pushing for significant changes to hit its deficit reduction minimum and moderates drawing red lines against such a move.

Centrists are not letting up in their position against Medicaid cuts.

“We’re also debating how much to cut like Medicaid. Right. I have found five hundred billion dollars we can save or most Americans would support it. But we have folks that are in our conference, who wanna do $880 billion. And they have to show us how this will not impact Medicaid or the people on it,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said on “The Hill Sunday” on NewsNation. “That is undermining the safety net that President Trump says he wants to protect. So that’s [the] kind of things you got to work out.”

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