House, Johnson and Medicaid
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Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) previewed the changes the Senate is expected to make to President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” suggesting there are “more savings” that could be enacted. The senator took a victory lap over the “big win” that Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) accomplished last week when the reconciliation bill narrowly
One Republican said there’s enough resistance in the Senate to halt Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" unless there are significant changes.
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Axios on MSNSen. Johnson predicts he has enough Senate allies to hold up the "big, beautiful bill"Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), a fiscal hawk who has openly criticized House Republicans' reconciliation bill, predicted Sunday that there are enough in his flock to stop the process "until the president gets serious about spending reduction and reducing the deficit.
President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed the House on Thursday after lawmakers wrestled with the legislation during an all-night session. The GOP spending bill now rests before a weary upper chamber as Medicaid reforms and deficit expansion remain concerns for Senate Republicans.
The provision, which has provoked outcry from Democrats, would restrict federal courts' ability to enforce some injunctions.
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The speaker spent months keeping flare-ups from growing into a conflagration even Donald Trump couldn’t extinguish.