House conservatives go to war with Senate over Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

The House s conservative fiscal hawks are warning that President Donald Trump s one big beautiful bill could run into serious problems after the Senate made key changes to the provision There s real problems with it Rep Ralph Norman R-S C reported Fox News Digital on Tuesday We re on board with the president but we re concerned about the changes He and other members of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus are particularly incensed by the Senate s decision to defer the expiration of certain green strength tax credits from the former Biden administration s Inflation Reduction Act IRA which those conservatives have dubbed the Green New Scam They re also wary of additional dollars being spent on raising the debt limit which Trump has directed GOP lawmakers to do before the U S runs out of cash to pay its obligations sometime this summer TRUMP'S 'BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL' CRACKS DOWN ON BIDEN'S PUPIL LOAN 'SCHEME ' TOP REPUBLICAN SAYSThe Senate s version of the bill increases the U S debt limit by trillion whereas the earlier House version hiked it by trillion Congressional Republicans are working to pass Trump s agenda on tax immigration defense and vigor in one massive bill via the budget reconciliation process By lowering the Senate s threshold for passage from votes to reconciliation allows the party in power to pass sweeping law while sidelining the minority in this situation Democrats provided the measures included fall within a strict set of budgetary rules The House passed its own version of the bill late last month by just one vote House Speaker Mike Johnson R-La has pleaded with his Senate counterparts to change as little as feasible citing his razor-thin majority But Senate Majority Leader John Thune R-S D is also grappling with a small majority of Republicans and his chamber s product has made several key updates to please the GOP conference there The changes that we re hearing about are not good And Mike Johnson narrated the Senate Don t send us back a revised bill a significantly revised bill because we passed it with a one-vote margin in the House Rep Keith Self R-Texas communicated Fox News Digital House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris R-Md notified Fox News Digital he would vote against the bill if the Senate s product was returned in its current form though he did not discuss the parliamentarian s further changes Harris voted present on the bill when it passed the House in May telling reporters he had particular lingering concerns but would not vote no in order to keep Trump s agenda moving The presently proposed Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill weakens key House priorities it doesn t do enough to eliminate waste fraud and abuse in Medicaid it backtracks on the Green New Scam elimination included in the House bill and it greatly increases the deficit taking us even further from a balanced budget Harris explained in a declaration If the Senate tries to jam the House with this version I won t vote present I ll vote NO Rep Eric Burlison R-Mo similarly stated in a declaration that he would oppose the bill if it came back to the House in its current form The Missouri Republican voted to advance the bill in May Freshman House Freedom Caucus member Rep Mark Harris R-N C who also voted for the House version of the bill revealed in a population message In the a multitude of moving pieces and rumors of how the Senate s One Big Beautiful Bill is shaping up I get more concerned each day DEMOCRATS BACK NONCITIZEN VOTING IN DC AS GOP RAISES ALARM ABOUT FOREIGN AGENTSAnd Rep Chip Roy R-Texas the Freedom Caucus agenda chair wrote on X Rumor is Senate plans to jam the House with its weaker unacceptable OBBB before This is not a surprise but it would be a mistake I would not vote for it as is Republican leaders have set a goal of getting a bill to Trump s desk by Fourth of July The president ordered congressional Republicans to remain in Washington until the act is passed in a lengthy Truth Social post on Tuesday To my friends in the Senate lock yourself in a room if you must don t go home and GET THE DEAL DONE THIS WEEK Trump wrote Work with the House so they can pick it up and pass it INSTANTLY NO ONE GOES ON VACATION UNTIL IT S DONE While right-wing conservatives rail against the bill other moderate Republican factions within the House GOP have demanded changes to the Senate's revisions to the state and local tax SALT deduction and Medicaid specifically tweaks to the provider tax rate among others Compounding issues for House Republicans are a slew of cost-saving provisions that have been ruled out by the Senate Parliamentarian during a process called the Byrd bath which tests whether an item in the bill comports with reconciliation rules that stipulate initiative has to deal directly with budgetary and spending effects Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham R-S C scoffed at the House GOP s threats REPUBLICANS CHALLENGE 'IRRELEVANT' BUDGET OFFICE AS IT CRITIQUES TRUMP'S 'BEAUTIFUL BILL' We ll do better than what you did is what I would tell them he announced Sen John Kennedy R-La informed Fox News Digital that a bill of the magnitude that Republicans were trying to pass would be hard to build a complete consensus around He noted in particular complications around tax negotiations as Republicans work to extend Trump s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act TCJA Follow your heart Take your brain with you Kennedy stated Don't impose the largest tax increase in history on the American people Look it's undeniable that everybody's not going to be totally happy I'm not fully happy with where we are and we're not there yet We're making progress When requested his thoughts on conservatives bashing the bill Sen Kevin Cramer R-N D explained Everybody s got to thump their chest a little bit gotta stake their ground But at the end of the day if Roy votes against making the Trump tax cuts permanent and against economic progress and against important and serious reforms to IRA credits reforms to Medicaid I just don't know how he lives with his own sort of conscience and votes no he explained But it s not clear if Senate Republicans are unified on the bill themselves Thune acknowledged there could be defections when he puts the bill on the floor He can only afford to lose three votes We've got a lot of very independent-thinking senators who have reasons and things that they'd like to have in this bill that would make it stronger he declared Speaker Johnson downplayed the differences between the two chambers in his regular press conference on Tuesday I don't think we can say it's a vastly different product and prejudge it yet We're still awaiting the final details We've given space for the Senate to work their separate chamber Johnson disclosed I've been emphasizing from the very beginning this is a one-team approach The House and Senate Republicans working together in tandem with the White House There's no daylight between any of us and the ultimate goal and objective