Overview
- House Republicans are working to consolidate President Trump’s tax cuts, border funding, and spending reductions into a single reconciliation bill.
- Disputes over Medicaid reforms and raising the SALT deduction cap have delayed markups in the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees.
- The Homeland Security Committee has approved $69 billion in new spending, including $46.5 billion for border wall construction, while other committees are still finalizing their portions.
- Speaker Mike Johnson has shifted the House’s target for passing the bill from Memorial Day to early July, with Senate Republicans expected to revise the legislation further.
- The reconciliation process allows the bill to bypass a Senate filibuster, but disagreements over deficit reduction targets and Trump’s tax priorities continue to complicate progress.