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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) vowed that House Republicans will not squander their slim majority, expressing optimism they will advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. He urged his fellow lawmakers to unify and advance the president’s “one big,
The infamous “nonprofit killer” provision quietly disappeared from Donald Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" as it winds its way through Congress.
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-1st District, wants to drive home the fact that the bill boosts the rich at the expense of middle- and low-income earners.
Deficit hawks who had blocked the measure two days earlier are still dissatisfied and want steeper spending cuts.
House Freedom Caucus members threw some sand in the gears by blocking the reconciliation bill and demanding deeper spending cuts.
Millions of Americans are at risk of losing access to Medicaid under the proposed legislation, which passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee (HECC). Representative Brett Guthrie, a Kentucky Republican and chair of the HECC, insisted that the changes will "strengthen and sustain" Medicaid for the future, calling them "common sense."
The House Budget Committee voted Sunday night to advance the Republican bill to enact President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda after a weekend of negotiations.