{"id":10593,"date":"2025-04-09T15:54:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:54:47","slug":"trump-fails-to-sway-many-house-gop-holdouts-as-his-big-bill-of-tax-breaks-and-spending-cuts-stalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=10593","title":{"rendered":"Trump fails to sway many House GOP holdouts as his \u2018big\u2019 bill of tax breaks and spending cuts stalls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself in a familiar jam on Tuesday: Conservative Republican holdouts are stalling action on President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig\u201d bill of tax breaks and spending reductions, refusing to accept a Senate GOP budget framework approved over the weekend because it doesn\u2019t cut enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump summoned House Republicans from the conservative Freedom Caucus to the White House for what was described as a contentious midday meeting. Despite Trump\u2019s push, some of the Republicans told the president they could not support the Senate package without a commitment to steeper cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m tired of the fake math in the swamp,\u201d said Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a Freedom Caucus leader, before heading to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After meeting with Trump, Roy was among those unmoved. \u201cI\u2019m still a no.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The standoff between the House and the Senate over what Trump calls his \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d is exposing the limits of the GOP\u2019s long campaign to cut federal spending, especially at a time of economic unrest. Trump\u2019s trade wars, the mass layoffs of thousands of federal workers and Trump adviser Elon Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency slashing through government, are all upending the debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the financial markets roiling over Trump\u2019s tariffs and the economy teetering as worries of a recession flare, the Republican speaker insisted there is no time to waste. Johnson is pulling out all the stops as he scrounges for votes to nudge the process forward before lawmakers leave town Thursday for a two week spring recess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe\u2019ve got to get this done,\u201d Johnson said earlier in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans, in control of the White House and Congress, are trying to muscle Trump\u2019s signature domestic policy bill closer to passage, ensuring some $4.5 trillion in tax breaks approved during his first term don\u2019t expire at year\u2019s end. But House Republicans are demanding as much as $2 trillion in budget cuts over the decade, to help offset the costs of the tax breaks, while Senate Republicans, who stayed up late to pass their package early Saturday morning, are hesitant to go that far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Facing unified opposition to the package from Democrats, who see the GOP package as a tax giveaway to the wealthy paid for by reductions in Medicaid, food stamps and other vital government services, Republicans are struggling to resolve their differences and craft a final product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a letter to Johnson challenged him to a one-on-one debate over their budget differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMano a Mano,\u201d Jeffries posted on social media. \u201cThe American people deserve to know the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The uproar has thrown the week\u2019s schedule into uncertainty with a planned Wednesday vote potentially pushing to Thursday, or even later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a subsequent speech Tuesday night at a National Republican Congressional Committee gathering, Trump called his get-together \u201ca great meeting\u201d while using colorful language to urge holdouts to get onboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne little thing the Republican Party has to do is get together and damn vote,\u201d the president said, adding: \u201cClose your eyes and get there. It\u2019s a phenomenal bill. Stop grandstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Trump\u2019s demands appeared to have failed to move many of the House conservatives unmoved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe rest of America has to do math and balance their budget. I think we ought to do math here in Washington, D.C.,\u201d said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., who attended the White House meeting. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t take a calculus wiz to know that doesn\u2019t add up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers said several dozen Republicans are withholding their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., said the Senate cuts are \u201canemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t sleep at night if I was part of exacerbating the federal deficit,\u201d Burlison said. \u201cWhile there might be some over there who have an appetite for some of the spending cuts, it\u2019s clear that not everyone does.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Republican senators have agreed to consider as much as $2 trillion in cuts, their counterparts in the House are deeply skeptical, if not distrustful, that the Senate GOP will accomplish anywhere near that level of reductions. The Senate bill sets a much lower floor, just $4 billion in cuts, though Senate GOP leaders insist that number will rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said he does not believe the Senate has the political will to stomach larger cuts and is unconvinced the GOP senators will reach anywhere near the level the House has set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe trustworthiness of the Senate is suspect,\u201d Norman said. \u201cIt\u2019s like you charge for your house $100,000, And I come back with $1,000. How do you bridge that gulf?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, the Senate GOP signaled the tough road ahead for the House\u2019s steep spending reductions during their lengthy overnight session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several Republicans, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, voted with Democrats in favor of amendments to preserve the Medicaid health care program from cuts. None of the amendments was accepted, but one that specifically targeted the $800 billion in reductions from the House framework won GOP support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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