House, bill and Trump
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The House spent weeks in painstaking negotiations to be able to pass President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” early Thursday morning. Now, Senate Republicans are preparing to put it through a buzzsaw.
After a meeting with Trump and conservative holdouts, Speaker Mike Johnson said he planned told hold a floor vote Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
Senate Republicans say changes are coming for the sprawling domestic policy bill carrying President Trump’s agenda. Their colleagues who took political risks to push it through the House might not like them.
The timing of impending floor action remains fluid as Republican leaders continue to whip last-minute holdouts into the yes column.
If the House provision is enacted, the SALT cap would rise to $40,000, up from $30,000 in the previous plan, and phases out over $500,000.
House Republicans are pushing to slash at least $1 trillion from two of the nation’s bedrock safety net programs, Medicaid and food stamps, as part of their sweeping package aimed at enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda.