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GOP hard-liners block Trump’s massive tax and immigration package

The Washington Post · last updated

Republican budget hard-liners rebelled Friday to block President Donald Trump’s massive tax and immigration package over concerns the legislation does not impose deep enough spending cuts.

Five fiscal hawks on the House Budget Committee joined Democrats to sink a procedural vote that would have advanced the measure — formally called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — to the House floor, where Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) hoped to push it through the chamber next week.

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