Trump described talks with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as a “meeting of love” ahead of an expected close vote later this week on legislation that he has placed at the heart of his second-term agenda.
But the closed-door talks apparently failed to quell concerns among Republican fiscal hawks that it will increase the national debt -- and among moderates that it will cut health care for millions of the poorest Americans.
“There was no shouting, I think it was a meeting of love,“ Trump told reporters after his talks, alongside Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump says Americans will face huge tax increases if the bill, which also contains provisions for migration and other issues, does not pass.
The speaker was bullish about the bill’s prospects as it headed for final tweaks in the powerful Rules Committee, which scheduled a rare overnight meeting, starting 1:00 am (0500 GMT).
“Nothing in Congress is ever easy, especially when you have small margins. But we are going to land this plane and deliver this,“ Johnson said.
Conservatives are angling for much deeper spending cuts to tackle the ballooning deficit.
Moderates say the savings would mean millions of the poorest Americans lose health coverage under the Medicaid program -- while hawks are angry that work requirements for Medicaid entitlement would not kick in until the end of Trump’s term.
Moderate Republicans fear overly large cuts in the popular health program could upset the party’s prospects in the 2026 midterm elections.
Several of them reportedly texted Johnson to say they would still vote against the bill, reacting angrily after Trump called out some of them by name.
The president has been eager to present the bill as a legislative win early in his second term, after a frenzied first few months where he has governed largely through presidential orders.
The bill -- which is now formally named the “One Big Beautiful Bill” after Trump initially used it as a nickname -- cleared a key hurdle on Sunday when it progressed out of the House Budget Committee.
Even if the bill passes in the House, it will face challenges in the Senate, where Republicans are demanding major changes.
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