Welcome to Washington: Trump’s ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Already on Life Support

A revolt from conservative House lawmakers this week shows the near impossibility of getting the legislation over the finish line.

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Speaker Johnson at the Capitol, February 11, 2025. AP/J. Scott Applewhite

“What did he say?” a member of Congress asked me this past week shortly after Speaker Johnson left a conference room just off the House floor. The lawmaker in question, with shirt sleeves rolled up and tie slightly undone, had been in the room next door around eight o’clock Wednesday night, smoking cigars and drinking with fellow Republicans. I told the congressman that the budget framework for President Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” would not get a vote that night. 

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