House Republicans are barrelling into a critical week for passing President Trump’s legislative agenda — even as they remain far apart on a number of key, hot-button issues.

The House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxes, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid policy, are both scheduled to begin debating — and eventually voting to advance — their parts of the “big, beautiful bill” Tuesday at 2 p.m., kicking off what is expected to a pair of marathon hearings.

A number of hangups, however, remain. The Ways and Means Committee has not yet reached an agreement on how to approach the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap, which has emerged as one of the biggest sticking points in the GOP’s mega bill. And for the Energy and Commerce Committee, some hardline conservatives are already sounding off on how the panel decided to reform Medicaid.

The consideration comes as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is pushing to pass the entire package full of Trump’s domestic policy priorities by the end of next week — an ambitious timeline that largely hinges on how the two markups proceed.

On the House floor this week, lawmakers are slated to consider a number of measures pertaining to law enforcement as part of National Police Week. Across the Capitol, senators will vote on more of Trump’s nominees to join his administration.

House Ways and Means prepares for markup — without a SALT deal

The House Ways and Means Committee is slated to begin its mark up Tuesday afternoon, even as some of its most central — and controversial — parts of the legislation remain unknown.

The panel released partial text for its portion of the Trump agenda bill Friday night, which features a temporary increase to the child tax credit — from $1,000 to $2,500 through 2028 and to $2,000 in subsequent years — increases the pass-through deduction for qualified business income from 20 percent to 22 percent, and lays out a list of requirements for accessing federal health benefits.

Notably, however, the legislation does not include any details on how House Republicans plan to tackle the........

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