GOP, House and Trump
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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.
The president seems less interested in persuading GOP members like Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson and more interested in threatening them.
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House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package. Speaker Mike Johnson defied the skeptics within his ranks and muscled President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday.
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The amendment to the package, which advanced out of the Rules Committee, includes speeding up Medicaid work requirements and expanding the state and local tax deduction.
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.
In today’s edition … how the House’s approval of Medicaid cuts could impact more than just congressional campaigns ... what’s next in the Senate … and a funny story about sleeping.