Andy Harris (R-MD, "Freedom Caucus") ... "White House had agreed overnight to changes to Medicaid"

[Miles Archer]

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-president-news-05-21-25#cmay2xdn5001t3b6mlppext44

Johnson and GOP holdouts to meet with Trump amid impasse over bill
From CNN’s Jeff Zeleny and Sarah Ferris

The White House is asking Speaker Mike Johnson and some key GOP holdouts to meet with President Donald Trump today to work through a major impasse on the tax and spending cuts bill, according to one of the holdouts and an administration official.

The outreach comes as a half-dozen Republican hardliners declared that they will not support Trump’s agenda on the floor, demanding more changes to the bill. Johnson said he is aiming to hold a floor vote later tonight, but he currently doesn’t have the support necessary to pass it.

A major roadblock: A group of those hardliners, including House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris of Maryland, told reporters this morning the White House had agreed overnight to changes to Medicaid and to roll back certain clean energy programs — provisions they had pushed for.

But they said they’re still seeking specific details, which they declined to name.

[Walleye]

1. Maybe it's such a shitty bill it'll never get passed. They should trash it.

[Miles Archer]

2. Too much rancor, too many things in the bill, they can't even agree among Republicans

What's most startling to me is that this is a huge bill with the potential of having a profoundly negative impact on tens of millions of Americans, and it's 100% Republicans in their little Republican clubhouse. It's clear Democrats want no part of it, but that's not the point. It would be naive of me to think Republicans and Democrats could meaningfully work together for the good of the American people at this point, but that's what Congress is supposed to do. They are not there to please King Trump, and shut out one party entirely.

[Walleye]

3. Isn't that one of those omnibus bills that they were so dead set against?