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As President Trump pressured Republican holdouts on Capitol Hill, the GOP-backed tax and spending bill that's now moving forward in the House is getting a reality check from Wall Street.
The White House offered a proposal late last night that I think fulfills ... what the president talked about. And there’s a broad agreement with the House Freedom Caucus that if that’s included in the package,
House Republicans secured enough support to push the “one big beautiful” reconciliation package out of the Budget Committee late Sunday night. The late-night victory for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and President Donald Trump came after GOP fiscal hawks relented due to concessions from leadership related to Medicaid and clean energy policy repeals.
The Republican tax cut bill making its way through Congress could include a large tax break for many people in Massachusetts.
After scheduling a 1 a.m. committee hearing to continue advancing President Trump's desired "big, beautiful" budget bill, Democrats are slamming the move as an effort to avoid criticism.
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Arizona's Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say they'll fight a Republican bill that would cut Medicaid funding.
Updates and the latest news as Trump addresses House Republicans about the reconciliation bill and RFK Jr. testifies to Congress about DOGE cuts and his vaccine views.
To attract buyers for the bonds that will finance that deficit, the federal government will have to pay higher interest rates.