US EditionTrump is heading to Capitol Hill to persuade divided GOP to unify around his ‘big, beautiful’ bill
- President Trump plans to meet with House Republicans on Tuesday to encourage unity in support of his proposed budget plan.
- Republican leaders are making last-minute changes to secure votes amid divisions, while Democrats uniformly oppose the bill.
- The package proposes extensive tax reductions alongside reductions in programs such as Medicaid and food stamps, aiming to contribute approximately $350 billion to advance Trump's agenda.
- Several cost analyses project the bill will increase the national debt by over $3 trillion, though some officials, like Kevin Hassett, argue lower taxes will generate enough revenue to offset this.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson plans a vote before Memorial Day, relying on Trump to push Republicans past disagreements and secure a narrow majority needed to pass the bill.
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Trump Pushes Republicans to Back Tax and Spending Bill
President Donald Trump arrived on Capitol Hill on Tuesday with a warning to House Republicans: vote against his massive tax and spending bill, and you might get primaried. It was a characteristic bit of strong-arming from Trump as negotiations over his sprawling legislative package are on thin ice. The legislation, which Trump has dubbed a “big, beautiful bill,” seeks to extend his 2017 tax cuts and reshape federal spending priorities. Critics s…
Trump's Controversial Tax Plan Puts Federal Finances at Risk
Donald Trump puts pressure on the Republicans of the House to approve by Wednesday night the maxi bill he baptized "One Big, beautiful bill": a package of more than a thousand pages that is worth thousands of billions of dollars and contains his main electoral promises from the renewal of the fiscal cuts of 2017 to the increase of the expenditure for the defense of the borders "but threatens to blow up the US debt just downgraded by Moodys, putt…
Trump gives House Republicans a ‘pep talk’ to close divides on massive tax bill
President Donald Trump traveled to Capitol Hill Tuesday to personally persuade holdouts within his own party to get behind a massive bill meant to advance much of the GOP agenda.Trump outwardly ignored the divisions still plaguing efforts to finalize the legislation ahead of a self-imposed deadline to vote on the bill before Memorial Day. Instead, he declared his party was unified.“This is really just a pep talk. We have a very unified House, an…
Trump pushes House GOP holdouts to get behind the massive bill for his agenda
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump traveled to Capitol Hill Tuesday morning to deliver a message to House Republicans impeding a massive bill for his domestic agenda: Stop fighting and get it done as soon as possible.
Trump pushes Republican lawmakers to back sprawling budget bill
President Trump headed to Capitol Hill Tuesday to push squabbling Republican members of Congress in person to set aside differences and pass his sprawling budget bill including deep cuts in spending and taxes. Insisting the GOP is unified, Trump promised to put the hard sell on warring factions of GOP lawmakers who are still haggling over key portions of his “One Big Beautiful Bill.” “We have a tremendously unified party. I don’t think we’ve eve…
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