Claudia Grisales

Right. This is a major step. It looks like they're on track, but there's still a very long way to go. Senate Republicans have raised plenty of their own concerns about the bill already. So now Senate Majority Leader John Thune coming with passage of this bill will face a tough task, which would be threading the needle between this plan and concerns from his conference.

Right. This is a major step. It looks like they're on track, but there's still a very long way to go. Senate Republicans have raised plenty of their own concerns about the bill already. So now Senate Majority Leader John Thune coming with passage of this bill will face a tough task, which would be threading the needle between this plan and concerns from his conference.

Right. This is a major step. It looks like they're on track, but there's still a very long way to go. Senate Republicans have raised plenty of their own concerns about the bill already. So now Senate Majority Leader John Thune coming with passage of this bill will face a tough task, which would be threading the needle between this plan and concerns from his conference.

from his own fiscal hawks in the chamber, as well as moderate concerns about those potential Medicaid cuts. So they've already made clear they plan to make a lot of changes to this House bill.

from his own fiscal hawks in the chamber, as well as moderate concerns about those potential Medicaid cuts. So they've already made clear they plan to make a lot of changes to this House bill.

from his own fiscal hawks in the chamber, as well as moderate concerns about those potential Medicaid cuts. So they've already made clear they plan to make a lot of changes to this House bill.

They've got to switch it out.

They've got to switch it out.

They've got to switch it out.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said leaders made new ground with deficit hawks during the White House meeting in their effort to eventually pass a new sweeping tax and spending package.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said leaders made new ground with deficit hawks during the White House meeting in their effort to eventually pass a new sweeping tax and spending package.

Fiscal hardliners who have raised concerns over the deficit were invited to the meeting after successfully stalling momentum on what President Trump calls his big, beautiful bill. Johnson said they could address some of those issues through presidential executive orders, allowing the vast majority of the current plan a better chance of passage out of the House as early as this week.

Fiscal hardliners who have raised concerns over the deficit were invited to the meeting after successfully stalling momentum on what President Trump calls his big, beautiful bill. Johnson said they could address some of those issues through presidential executive orders, allowing the vast majority of the current plan a better chance of passage out of the House as early as this week.

Claudia Grisales, NPR News, the Capitol.

Claudia Grisales, NPR News, the Capitol.

Washington State Senator Maria Cantwell filed legislation to force the president to negotiate with Congress before imposing tariffs. The Democrats' plan has 13 co-sponsors and a growing list of Senate Republicans signing on. This comes as President Trump's wave of tariffs is fueling havoc through global financial markets and raising worries of long-term economic impacts.

Washington State Senator Maria Cantwell filed legislation to force the president to negotiate with Congress before imposing tariffs. The Democrats' plan has 13 co-sponsors and a growing list of Senate Republicans signing on. This comes as President Trump's wave of tariffs is fueling havoc through global financial markets and raising worries of long-term economic impacts.