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President Trump met with congressional Republicans on Capitol Hill and said that their tax cut bill's Medicaid changes are focused on cutting fraud, waste and abuse.
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President Trump traveled to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to push for House Republicans to pass his budget bill as conservative holdouts demand more changes. CBS News' Nancy Cordes and Nikole Killion have more on that and the latest news about President Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis.
WASHINGTON—President Trump’s multitrillion-dollar economic agenda hinges on fractious GOP lawmakers who are at odds over the details of a tax package that could determine their fate in next year’s midterm elections.
President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to end the quarrelling among various GOP factions and move his domestic-policy megabill toward passage, telling House Republicans behind closed doors that they need to unite immediately behind the “big, beautiful bill” their leaders have assembled.
President Donald Trump says his tax bill, which won approval from a key congressional committee on May 18, would lower taxes for all Americans. It's “increasing take-home pay for the typical family by thousands of dollars per year,
House Republican leaders are still trying to resolve major internal battles over President Donald Trump’s massive domestic policy bill even as Speaker Mike Johnson is engaged in last-ditch negotiations to win over GOP members’ conflicting demands before an expected floor vote later this week.
Deficit hawks who had blocked the measure two days earlier are still dissatisfied and want steeper spending cuts.