A republican picture of the House of Representatives curled up for almost two hours at the office of President Mike Johnson for a high -risk meeting Thursday morning to obtain the remaining conflicting points related to Medicaid and the tax reform: key components of the megabill that covers the legislative agenda of President Donald Trump, which until now has avoided that the leadership is blocked. law.
Johnson told journalists after the meeting that Republicans had “a very reflective discussion,” and added that he plans to work during the weekend to reach what has been an elusive consensus on the salt limits, the amount of state and local taxes that can be canceled in federal tax declarations: moderate draws a red line that opposes the limit proposed by the limit of $ 30,000 in those deductions.
“I think everyone would agree that it was productive and that we are moving the ball,” said Johnson, added that he is striving “to fulfill the equilibrium point with which everyone can be satisfied.”
President Mike Johnson talks to journalists when he leaves the house of the house at the United States Capitol, on May 15, 2025 in Washington.
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The effort is another crucial test of Johnson’s relief while working to unify his divided conference. The republican majority can resist three votes without votes within their ranks before losing enough support for the passage, underlining the delicate challenge that Johnson hopes to balance without altering his conference.
The discussions arrive on the same day that the Republicans of the House of Representatives formally announced the text of the “A great bill“-A mega bill of 1,116 pages that the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives will send to the Rules Committee, placing it on the goal for a final vote in the Chamber next week.
Johnson said he is not moving on the goal of the Fallen Day to send the mega-facture of the house.
“We are very, very close to that,” he added. “We are still on the way to approve this bill next week on the floor. That is the plan. I see nothing to prevent that at this time.”
Johnson said that Republicans aim to approve the package of a “neutral way of deficit” when the package will be pressed by billions of dollars to the deficit.
“If you do more about salt, you have to find more in savings,” he said.
President Mike Johnson talks to journalists when he leaves the house of the house at the United States Capitol, on May 15, 2025 in Washington.
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Pressing by ABC News about whether she hopes to lose Republicans in the vote, the majority of the camera of representatives Tom Emmer replied: “I hope the bill passes.”
“It will arise in rules on Monday and we will vote it next week,” Emmer reassured journalists.
Republicans at the critical meeting included representatives Beth van Duyne, Mike Lawler, Chip Roy, Nick Lalota, Elise Stefanik, Lisa McClain, Andrew Garbarino, August Pfluger, Byron Donalds and others.
“In essence, all in that room are trying to pass the president’s agenda and we are committed to that,” Donalds said when leaving the meeting. “It’s about how mathematics together.”
