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House Republicans tee up tweaks to Trump megabill

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11.06.2025

House Republican leaders on Tuesday teed up changes to the “big, beautiful bill” of President Trump’s tax cut and spending priorities that are slated to come up for a vote of the full chamber this week.

The tweaks come after the Senate parliamentarian reviewed the sprawling package and identified provisions that do not comply with the upper chamber’s procedural requirements for using the budget reconciliation process, which allows Republicans to circumvent a Democratic filibuster and approve the legislation by simple majority.

Leaving the language in the bill risks losing the ability to pass the bill under budget reconciliation.

The parliamentarian’s process is known as the “Byrd bath.”

One House Republican described the lower chamber's tweaks as preventing “fatalities” from remaining in the bill when it hits the Senate.

“There are a small number, I mean, could count them on one........

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