Meredith Lee
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“There was a few moments over the last week when it looked like the thing might fall apart,” Johnson told reporters shortly after the vote, adding he visited the House chapel to pray on it. In essence, Johnson spent months fighting fires. His job, in conjunction with other GOP leaders, was to manage flare-up after flare-up as various groups inside the House ranks battled over trillions in tax cuts and politically explosive reductions to social safety-net spending.
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politico.com | Ben Leonard |Meredith Lee |Robert King
Newly released amendments will likely add savings — and coverage losses — under the Republican megabill. Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) confer during a House Budget Committee markup of a budget reconciliation bill on Capitol Hill, May 16, 2025.
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politico.com | Meredith Lee |Rachael Bade
Good Wednesday afternoon. The House’s workday started at 1 a.m., when the Rules Committee convened to start working though the GOP megabill. We have no idea when it will end. Speaker Mike Johnson and White House officials are dead-set on forcing the bill through as soon as tonight — a tall order given the fight some conservative hard-liners are continuing to put up. Reps.
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Trump comments here follow a string of GOP lawmakers and industry groups who’ve expressed alarm to Trump officials about ICE raids in CA fields and meat packing plants in the Midwest
unreal https://t.co/NtNaeSPEPm
Speaker Mike Johnson was asked on the @RuthlessPodcast if he was tempted to drink alcohol during the Musk-Trump meltdown last week Johnson, who doesn’t drink, replied with a chuckle: “I almost started.”
TRUMP says Rand can go to the White House picnic The senator last night said he and his family had been uninvited and he accused WH staff of running “a paid influencer campaign” against him on Twitter over his megabill opposition https://t.co/gFmoWc9nG9
Rand Paul claims he's been uninvited from the White House picnic https://t.co/p7Bb8g8n0g
