House Republicans press ahead on Trump agenda bill with key issues up in the air

House Republican leaders are racing to drag a sweeping bill for President Donald Trump's agenda across the finish line even as some holdouts are dug in and key issues remain unresolved.

WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders are racing to drag a sweeping bill for President Donald Trump's agenda across the finish line even as some holdouts are dug in and key issues remain unresolved.

The House Rules Committee begun debating the multitrillion-dollar domestic policy package shortly after 1 a.m. ET Wednesday, the final step before it heads to the full chamber. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he hopes the House will vote on the legislation and send it to the Senate as soon as Wednesday evening.

GOP leaders are furiously working to resolve lingering disputes between warring factions that have held up the package. Most notably, anti-spending hawks have pushed for steeper cuts, while a bloc of blue-state lawmakers have demanded a bigger state and local tax deduction.

Dubbed by Trump as “one big beautiful bill,” the 1,100-page-plus legislation would extend the president's 2017 tax cuts, boost spending for immigration enforcement and military, and make cuts to areas like Medicaid and clean energy tax credits. It would also raise the debt limit by $4 trillion.

The unusual 1 a.m. Rules Committee hearing sparked criticism from Democrats that the GOP was trying to push the bill through in "the dead of night."