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3 days ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson |Seth McLaughlin |Jeff Mordock
Senate Republicans are plotting ways to cut more spending than their House counterparts did in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” as concerns about the measure’s deficit impact mount inside and outside of the Capitol.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
Rep. Chip Roy said Thursday he felt comfortable voting for President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” in part, because the White House promised executive orders to address some of the lawmaker’s concerns about Medicaid spending.
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2 weeks ago | 
go.shr.lc | Lindsey McPherson
The House early Thursday passed President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” containing sweeping tax and spending cuts, funding for border security and the national defense and policy changes designed to spur American energy production. The measure now heads to the Senate, where Republicans are eyeing changes to the legislation and hoping to pass it by July 4. The GOP is using the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process to avoid having to compromise with Democrats.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
House Republicans late Wednesday unveiled changes to the massive bill carrying President Trump’s agenda, as they prepare for a floor vote on the measure early Thursday. GOP leaders are hoping the changes, brokered over the last week, will be enough to get members who had raised concerns about the original version to vote for the bill.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
House Republican leaders are bringing President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to the floor late Wednesday or early Thursday, after shutting down a push from the House Freedom Caucus to secure more changes to the bill. The decision to forge ahead comes after a meeting with President Trump at the White House. House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, and his leadership team attended, along with several Freedom Caucus members.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
A tentative deal to quadruple the existing $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT, is irritating conservatives who are seeking steeper spending cuts in Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill.” The SALT deal brokered between GOP leaders and blue-state Republicans who wanted to lift the cap comes as House Republicans are trying to wrangle enough votes to pass the massive budget reconciliation package carrying President Trump’s agenda.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Kerry Picket |Lindsey McPherson
Hardline conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus are pushing GOP leaders to delay plans for a Wednesday vote on the “big, beautiful bill” carrying President Trump’s agenda. Some of the group members remain opposed to the bill because they do not believe it goes far enough to reduce federal spending on Medicaid for able-bodied adults or act fast enough to repeal clean energy tax credits.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Virginia Democrat, died Wednesday at age 75 after a battle with cancer. Mr. Connolly’s family said in a statement that he “passed away peacefully at his home” Wednesday morning surrounded by family. Mr. Connolly announced last November that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. He said at the time that the diagnosis came as a surprise because he had no symptoms other than intermittent abdominal aches and pains.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson
- The Washington Times - The Senate on Tuesday stumbled into quiet passage of a bill to fulfill President Trump’s campaign pledge of “no tax on tips.” Most surprisingly, the move to pass the bill came from a Democrat. “I am not afraid to embrace a good idea, wherever it comes from,” Sen. Jacky Rosen, Nevada Democrat, said, noting Mr. Trump first floated his no tax on tips pledge while campaigning in her state.
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2 weeks ago | 
washingtontimes.com | Lindsey McPherson |Kerry Picket
President Trump’s plea for House Republicans to pass his “big, beautiful bill” this week without protracted squabbling fell on deaf ears from disparate corners of the conference still demanding changes to the legislation before it hits the floor. Instead of heeding the president’s call to drop their push for further tweaks, House Republicans opposed to the current version dug in.
