US EditionJohnson attempts to hold together fragile GOP coalition ahead of key committee votes on Trump agenda
- House Speaker Mike Johnson is attempting to unify the fragile GOP coalition ahead of key committee votes on Trump’s tax and spending cuts package in mid-May 2025 in Washington, D.C.
- This effort follows internal opposition from moderate and hardliner Republicans over proposed substantial cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and green energy tax breaks included in the GOP plan.
- The proposed legislation, dubbed "The One, Big, Beautiful Bill," includes extending 2017 tax breaks, raising the debt limit by $4 trillion, and adding contentious measures like Medicaid work requirements and SNAP cost shifts to states.
- Republicans aim for $880 billion in savings to offset a $4.9 trillion tax cut cost, but lawmakers such as Chip Roy and Elise Stefanik demand significant changes on SALT caps and Medicaid, warning the bill risks failure without near unanimous GOP support.
- The outcome will shape the GOP’s ability to maintain a working majority and influence the national tax and spending agenda, as Johnson must overcome factional resistance and pass the bill by the Memorial Day deadline.
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Mike Johnson to Meet with Warring GOP Factions
“At 10 a.m. today, Speaker Mike Johnson will bring together the warring factions inside the House Republican Conference. At stake is President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda – and the GOP majority,” Punchbowl News reports. “Members of the House Freedom Caucus will be there. They’re furious that the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ doesn’t go far enough in cutting government spending – especially on Medicaid – and say the package needs to be reworked…
The ‘big, beautiful’ bill is Speaker Johnson’s first major test of Trump 2.0
There’s a nickname for House Speaker Mike Johnson shared among some Hill staffers and observers: “Deacon Mike,” a nod to his quiet Southern Baptist religious demeanor. But it also contains the idea that he is a man elevated beyond his expected station, charged with the monumental task of wrangling an extremely thin Republican House majority when he should rightly be in charge of keeping the worship center donuts fresh and the coffee hot. In mana…
Exclusive — Rep. Ogles Leads Missive to Speaker Johnson to Pass Trump’s EOs into Law: ‘Less Vacation, More Codification’ Exclusive – Rep. Ogles Leads Missive to Speaker Johnson to Pass Trump’s EOs into Law: ‘Less Vacation, More Codification’
President Donald Trump has signed well over a hundred executive orders to advance the America First Agenda, but Congress is lagging behind in codifying those policies into law, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) told Breitbart News. | Politics President Donald Trump has signed well over a hundred executive orders to advance the America First Agenda, but Congress is lagging behind in codifying those policies into law, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) told Breitbart Ne…
'Republican on Republican crime': How Trump could serve Dems the midterms 'on a silver platter'
A CNN panel on Tuesday detailed the ongoing saga among congressional Republicans regarding President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” — a sprawling budget plan the White House hopes will tackle the president’s largest tax priorities, including no tax on tips or Social Security.Last week, CNN detailed House GOP infighting regarding Trump’s budget priorities as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to sell members of his caucus on “on a cont…
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