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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:26 am
Senate Republicans want Trump to lean on House deficit hawks on budget
Some Senate GOP lawmakers expect the president to start arm-twisting fiscal conservatives in the House to get on board with a tax plan.
Benjamin Guggenheim
Benjamin Guggenheim
04/03/2025, 6:26pm ETUpdated: 04/04/2025, 10:35am ET
Some Senate Republicans already have a message for deficit hawks phone number library in the House: You’ll have to answer to President Donald Trump about why you won’t support a full extension of his tax cuts.
“At the end of the day, President Trump’s going to have to be involved, particularly in the House” said Finance Committee member Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), when asked about recent complaints by some House Republicans about the Senate’s tax plan. “If we’re getting hung up on the priorities of one or two House members, we need to get President Trump to get them to recognize what’s at stake if we fail.
Some Senate GOP lawmakers expect the president to start arm-twisting fiscal conservatives in the House to get on board with a tax plan.
Benjamin Guggenheim
Benjamin Guggenheim
04/03/2025, 6:26pm ETUpdated: 04/04/2025, 10:35am ET
Some Senate Republicans already have a message for deficit hawks phone number library in the House: You’ll have to answer to President Donald Trump about why you won’t support a full extension of his tax cuts.
“At the end of the day, President Trump’s going to have to be involved, particularly in the House” said Finance Committee member Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), when asked about recent complaints by some House Republicans about the Senate’s tax plan. “If we’re getting hung up on the priorities of one or two House members, we need to get President Trump to get them to recognize what’s at stake if we fail.