Trump pushes GOP holdouts on Capitol Hill to support his massive domestic policy bill
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🗓️ 20 May 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the News Hour. President Donald Trump spent the morning on Capitol Hill trying to get House Republicans to line up behind his massive domestic policy bill. |
| 0:09.4 | As he departed, the president expressed confidence, both in the bill's chances and in House Speaker Mike Johnson. |
| 0:15.8 | I think we have unbelievable unity. I think we're going to get everything we want, and I think we're |
| 0:23.5 | going to have a great victory, and this man has done a great job, and I think this was a tremendous |
| 0:28.3 | session. The bill includes trillions in tax cuts, new restrictions on Medicaid, and funding |
| 0:34.2 | for Mr. Trump's mass deportation operation, among other things. |
| 0:38.2 | It remains an open question whether the House Speaker can deliver on the president's agenda. |
| 0:43.2 | Our congressional correspondent, Lisa Desjardin, is here with the latest. |
| 0:47.1 | So, Lisa, it's great to see you. |
| 0:48.2 | Good to see you. |
| 0:49.1 | Do Republicans have the votes to get this passed? |
| 0:51.7 | As we speak, no, they do not. |
| 0:53.6 | They do not have enough votes in their conference, but they have been negotiating all day |
| 0:57.7 | with some of those holdouts. |
| 0:58.9 | And I want to look at two key groups of holdouts that still remain. |
| 1:02.4 | The first, these are moderate Republicans, mostly from New York, but one from California, |
| 1:06.6 | who would like a change in the way state and local taxes are done. They want more of an |
| 1:12.0 | exemption at a higher level for their states. Now, there is another group of holdouts on the |
| 1:17.5 | other end of the ideological spectrum. These are fiscal conservatives. Many, if not all of them, |
| 1:22.6 | from the House Freedom Caucus. They are worried about the red ink in this bill. They want |
| 1:27.1 | more cuts to Medicaid spending, |
| 1:29.4 | among other things. Now, all in all, there's just a margin of three votes for House Republicans. |
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