U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson shakes hands with then-President-elect Donald Trump onstage at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Democratic lawmakers also dragged out the process with dozens of amendments that stretched from early Tuesday well into Wednesday.
Republicans, meanwhile, contended the bill is aimed at boosting small businesses, farmers, and low- and middle-income families, while reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in the government safety net.
In a sign of the meeting’s high stakes, Johnson, R-La., himself visited with committee Republicans shortly before 1 a.m. and then again just after sunrise.
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A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
Meanwhile, the White House bore down hard on those rebels, demanding a vote "immediately" in an official statement of policy that backed the House GOP bill.
Republicans are working to pass Trump’s policies on tax, immigration, energy, defense and the national debt all in one massive bill via the budget reconciliation process.
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Budget reconciliation lowers the Senate’s threshold for passage from 60 votes to 51, thereby allowing the party in power to skirt the minority — in this case, Democrats — to pass sweeping pieces of legislation, provided they deal with the federal budget, taxation or the national debt.
House Republicans are hoping to advance Trump’s bill through the House and Senate by the Fourth of July.
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