Trump pushes House GOP holdouts to get behind the massive bill for his agenda

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump traveled to Capitol Hill Tuesday morning to deliver a message to House Republicans impeding a massive bill for his domestic agenda: Stop fighting and get it done as soon as possible.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump traveled to Capitol Hill Tuesday morning to deliver a message to House Republicans impeding a massive bill for his domestic agenda: Stop fighting and get it done as soon as possible.

In a closed-door meeting with rank-and-file Republicans, Trump took aim at a bloc of blue-state Republicans who’ve been pushing for a higher cap on the deduction their constituents can take for state and local taxes, known as SALT, while warning conservative hard-liners against steep cuts to Medicaid.

Trump's appearance at the meeting comes at a critical time for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who is aiming to steer the party-line, multitrillion-dollar bill through the narrowly divided House in the coming days.

The package currently boosts the SALT cap to $30,000, up from the current $10,000 deduction. But pro-SALT Republicans have dismissed that figure as far too low.

“Let it go,” Trump told members of the so-called SALT Caucus, according to three lawmakers inside the meeting.