President Trump uses a cell phone aboard his Marine One helicopter in Leesburg, of April 24, 2025.
Congress Republicans face a High risk fight this month To obtain a massive tax bill containing most of its legislative agenda in the finish line.
Therefore, President Trump is preparing for what a senior White House official said that being a “total defense effort” to push the Republican senators to accept the broad contours of what his colleagues in the Chamber approved last month in the “A great bill. ”
“You will see a succession of officials from the administration of large notes that rose to the hill,” said the official, speaking, in a condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about lobbying thrust. The White House is also a reserve, the option that officials travel to states if additional pressure is needed to convince Republican senators to support the bill, said the official.
There are some important conflict points at stake. A handful of Republican senators have said the bill Too much expense. Others are worried that it reduces Medicaid coverage for too many people, although Trump maintains only waste, fraud and abuse.
It is an act of political balance. Republicans have a narrow majority in each of the Chamber and the Senate, and are trying to use a special process known as reconciliation that will allow them to approve the bill with a simple majority, instead of the typical vote of 60 votes required.
So that has Trump pressure Some Senate Republicans on social networks – And you are also working on the phones to present your case.
Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Mo., who has expressed Conerns on the impact that the house’s bill would have on Medicaid, Said on social networks On Monday I had heard directly to Trump. “He said again, there are no medical benefits cuts,” said Hawley. (The official refused to say how the other Trump senators were calling).
The bill was approved by little in the Chamber last month, and any change made by the Senate, ultimately, must be approved by the Chamber. Most Republican senators are being realistic about the type of changes they can make, said the White House official.
“There is not much space to maneuver,” said the official. “The construction of the fundamental representatives has to be the bones of the legislation, and the construction of the House of Representatives is very beneficial for the president’s priorities.”
But the Chamber may need to accept some changes in the Byrd rule law, a strict guideline that requires the legislation to be directly related to the reduction of the deficit and within the jurisdiction of a Committee for Wittion to Yephory.
“That always has an element of frustration for the chamber, but they have gods in the past, and we hope they exceed it in the future, because the bill will not approve unless it is compatible with Byrd,” said the official.