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Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a major win for President Donald Trump early Thursday morning, quashing a conservative rebellion and driving a deeply divided House GOP to pass a bill that many of them were still pushing fiercely to change.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is hoping for a floor-wide vote by Wednesday or Thursday, but there are many "unsolved issues" left to discuss on the "big, beautiful bill."
Republican Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania on Wednesday night urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to allow time for the House to examine revisions to the fiscal plan dubbed a "big, beautiful bill" by President Donald Trump.
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Axios Sneak Peek on MSNMike Johnson faces 11th-hour blowup on Trump's big billWhy it matters: Some of the anger centers on a deal House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is nearing with blue-state Republicans to raise the State and Local Tax Deduction cap.
Johnson’s urgency comes ahead of Memorial Day, when lawmakers will want to leave Washington for a long holiday weekend.
The president visited Capitol Hill Tuesday. A House committee began what could be an all-night meeting very early Wednesday. The panel's approval is the last hurdle to get the measure to the floor.
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AlterNet on MSNMike Johnson asks Trump to beat GOP hard-liners into submissionAs the fate of President Donald Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" remains in doubt, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is now enlisting the president's help – against members of his own party. Politico reported Monday that Johnson now wants Trump to personally apply pressure to far-right House Republicans that oppose the bill in its current