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President Donald Trump on Tuesday argued that Republicans are “tremendously unified” despite party infighting over his sweeping budget and tax cuts bill.
Trump urges Republicans to pass a major tax bill, facing opposition from Democrats and concerns over increasing the national debt by $3.3 trillion.
A key House committee advanced President Donald Trump’s giant tax and spending package after Republican hardliners won agreement from party leaders to speed up cuts to Medicaid health coverage.The House Budget Committee approved the legislation late Sunday night after a weekend of negotiations with four ultraconservatives on the panel who on Friday joined with Democrats to reject the legislation.
Deficit hawks who had blocked the measure two days earlier are still dissatisfied and want steeper spending cuts.
Internal Republican divisions over President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill played out in at the Wisconsin GOP convention.
The greatest benefits would go to high-income households, while low-income families would see a much more modest boost, analyses show.
The president is in “constant touch” with House Speaker Mike Johnson and being briefed, but not yet at the point of making calls to holdout members, a White House official said.