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The House remained frozen in place all day Wednesday as party leaders labored to address the concerns of Republican holdouts who were resisting changes the Senate made to the party's major policy bill.
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President Trump worked the phones and welcomed Republicans to the White House to cajole them into supporting his megabill. They left with signed merchandise and photos of the Oval Office.
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After a contentious round of last-minute negotiations, President Trump's budget bill has passed in the Senate, squeaking by thanks to Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. Three Republicans joined Senate Democrats in voting "no" on the bill, which gives tax cuts to the rich and makes historic cuts to Medicaid and food assistance. The bill now heads to the House of Representatives, where Republicans hold a slim majority, for a final vote before Trump's July 4 deadline. Citizen groups, including the grassroots political organization ?Indivisible?, are calling on Americans, particularly those living in Republican and swing districts, to contact their House representatives and urge them to vote against the bill. "It's not a done deal," says Indivisible's co-founder and co-executive director Ezra Levin. "They do not have the votes."
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Many Republicans — who hold a razor-thin majority in the House — acknowledge that they face an uphill battle in selling the bill to a wary public.
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If members of the House demand changes to the legislation the Senate has passed, the two chambers will have to work out their differences in what could be a prolonged negotiation, potentially killing the effort.
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Fiscal hawks have repeatedly threatened to bring down their party's agenda out of debt fears, only to back down after pressure from party leaders and President Trump.
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