“There are still a number of hang-ups and holdouts. Conservatives aren’t yet on board. Blue-state Republicans don’t have an agreement on the state and local tax deduction. And the bill isn’t even entirely written yet,” NOTUS reports.
“But Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead this week with the GOP’s sweeping reconciliation bill, hoping he can somehow meet his self-imposed Memorial Day deadline to pass the legislation.
”“The problem is, for basically every spending cut leaders agree to, there is a vulnerable Republican who grows more uncomfortable with the legislation. And the more kowtowing leaders do for conservatives, the more moderates also want changes.”