GOP, Trump and bill
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After a meeting with Trump and conservative holdouts, Speaker Mike Johnson said he planned told hold a floor vote Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
Illinois Republican Congressman Darin LaHood is vowing that President Trump’s tax bill will not kick any Illinoisans off Medicaid or food stamp programs, and that it'll just root out waste, fraud and abuse.
Speaker Mike Johnson has insisted that President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill should be passed before Memorial Day.
A faction of hardline Republicans is concerned about President Trump's tax cut bill, citing insufficient spending cuts. Debate within the party continues as they try to rally around the legislation. The bill's contentious points include tax deductions,
Democrats say the bill disproportionately benefits the wealthy and will take a deep bite out of social programs, but Republicans are invoking special budget rules to pass the package without their support.
A faction of New York's Republican congressional delegation has threatened to reject any tax package that does not give a meaningful raise to the SALT cap.
For every group demanding one policy, another equally powerful bloc insists on the opposite. The coalitions encompass the divergent ideological, political and regional interests in the G.O.P.
Issues over tax relief for blue state Republicans are coming to a head as the GOP crafts President Trump's "big, beautiful bill."