5 policy issues Republicans are clashing over in a massive bill for Trump's agenda
There are major unresolved questions over Medicaid spending, tax cuts and clean energy rollbacks as Republican lawmakers begin crafting the legislation.
WASHINGTON — Congress returns from recess on Monday for a four-week dash to Memorial Day, during which Republican leaders hope to resolve critical questions about their sweeping bill to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda.
The GOP is aiming to craft legislation that includes trillions of dollars in tax cuts, hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending for immigration enforcement and the military, and a debt limit hike of up to $5 trillion.
First, Republicans will have to address a series of intraparty divisions to steer a bill through the House, where they have a slim majority. Then, they’ll have to navigate arcane budget rules to get it through the Senate, where Democrats will seek to disqualify certain provisions from the legislation.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he expects the committees to roll out their slices of the package in the next four weeks, telling Fox News last week that the House is “pushing it very aggressively” to “get it done by Memorial Day.”
Here are five big policy issues that Republicans are clashing over.
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