White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a press conference at 1 p.m. as Congress battles it out over a large spending bill.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing doubts that he will be able to live up to his pledge to pass the “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill by Memorial Day. Republicans are torn between hard-line fiscal hawks and blue-state centrists who are anxious about their reelection chances.
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President Donald Trump has already criticized “grandstanders” holding up the bill. He is scheduled to speak at the House Republicans’ weekly conference meeting on Tuesday at Capitol Hill to push support for the bill.
He is also set to hold meetings with the holdouts.