Particle.news
Download on the App Store
11 ARTICLES
·
last wk.

GOP Leaders Scramble to Salvage Trump’s Budget Bill Before Memorial Day Deadline

Republican divisions over Medicaid work requirements and green energy cuts stall progress as negotiations continue ahead of Sunday night vote.

Image
A person walks the grounds of the Capitol on the day President Donald Trump's sweeping tax bill failed to clear a key procedural hurdle in Congress, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025.
Image

Overview

  • The House Budget Committee rejected President Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' on Friday with a 16-21 vote, driven by fiscal conservatives' demands for deeper spending cuts and immediate Medicaid work requirements.
  • Rep. Chip Roy and other hardliners are pushing for $400 billion in green energy subsidy clawbacks and earlier implementation of Medicaid work requirements, currently set to begin in 2029.
  • The proposed legislation includes $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, an extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, and a $4 trillion debt ceiling increase, but nonpartisan analysts warn it could add up to $5.2 trillion to the deficit over the next decade.
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP leaders are working to reconcile intraparty differences and secure a committee vote Sunday night to advance the bill before the self-imposed Memorial Day deadline.
  • Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticized the failure to advance the bill as a 'real misstep,' while Sen. Rand Paul labeled the proposal a 'slap in the face' for conservatives due to its significant debt ceiling hike.