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President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning turned up the heat on the more than a dozen House Republican holdout votes endangering passage of the bill.
The analysis by the Solar Energy Industries Association comes amid a lobbying blitz aimed at convincing U.S. lawmakers to safeguard clean energy tax credits, which in the Republican plan would be phased out more quickly and face new restrictions on the use of Chinese-made components.
And the last day to consider House bills, members were able to kill a lot of legislation simply by killing time.
House Republican leaders are still trying to resolve major internal battles over President Donald Trump’s massive domestic policy bill even as Speaker Mike Johnson is engaged in last-ditch negotiations to win over GOP members’ conflicting demands before an expected floor vote later this week.
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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Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke Monday in North Carolina against the Trump administration’s zealous efforts to impose tariffs on trading partners worldwide — another effort that shows his willingness to split at times with his former boss.
They voted "present" rather than against the legislation, giving House Speaker Mike Johnson a rare win. But their lack of explicit support points to a bumpy road ahead before the party unites. The bill would extend tax cuts from President Donald Trump's first term, end taxes on tips and increase military and border spending.