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Republican House Speaker's Plan IN JEOPARDY As His Own Party Erupts Over Key Vote
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6:20Now PlayingRepublican House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to get the Trump-backed enormous domestic policy bill passed before the end of the month, which will enact massive cuts to critical programs, such as Medicaid, and new spending plans for states to start individually handling, sparks massive infighting and chaos within the GOP over the coming vote. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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The problems are piling up for the GOP megabill
"It was supposed to be the first week of a sprint toward passing Republicans’ massive domestic policy bill. That sprint, however, has quickly become strewn with hurdles — and the House GOP has already stumbled over a few.
The early days of legislative drafting and debate that took place across several House committees this week revealed that Republicans are struggling to unify around some of their most consequential decisions, including how deeply to cut spending and overhaul safety-net programs. But they’re also dealing with a host of unexpected controversies — like one committee chair who tucked a contentious car tax into a legislative draft and others who are seeking to use the party-line megabill to move forward with pet priorities.
The overall picture is already clear: President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is nowhere near ready for prime time.
Competing factions are drawing fresh red lines that could be impossible for House leaders to reconcile, and that is all before their counterparts across the Senate start making their own changes to the emerging plan. Meanwhile, the clock is ticking on Speaker Mike Johnson’s self-imposed deadline to get a bill through the House by Memorial Day — a deadline that is looking increasingly unrealistic."
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