House GOP to Senate: Hands Off Our Trumped-Up Bill!

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House GOP to Senate: Hands Off Our Trumped-Up Bill!

House Republicans are warning Senate GOP lawmakers not to significantly alter a the big, beautiful bill aligned with President Trump’s priorities. The Hill reported that after drama-filled negotiations between conservatives and moderates in the House, the bill narrowly passed with provisions including stricter Medicaid requirements, deficit reduction, and a lifted SALT deduction cap.

Speaker Mike Johnson urged Senate Republicans to maintain the bill’s “delicate equilibrium,” cautioning that major changes could derail final passage. House conservatives still hope for further spending cuts, while moderates insist on preserving SALT tax breaks. But Senate Republicans are already signaling resistance—especially to the SALT provision and Medicaid cuts. Senators like Josh Hawley and Susan Collins oppose the bill’s impact on Medicaid spending, with Hawley calling the Medicaid reforms “morally wrong and politically suicidal.”

The Hill noted:

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), the chair of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, echoed that sentiment, arguing that the Senate can make inroads in areas that the upper chamber is already looking to water down.

“I’m hoping the Senate can address the two issues that I think still are there,” Harris said. “One, the early deficit increases in the 10-year window. And the other one is getting at more of the fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid.”

Trump’s influence looms, but Senate Republicans may chart their own course, risking a standoff.

In separate coverage, The Hill highlighted more Republican Senators’ objections:

The two GOP senators, Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, are both Trump allies, but they signaled they are unhappy with House legislation that they say will bust the budget.

“I think the cuts currently in the bill are wimpy and anemic, but I still would support the bill even with wimpy and anemic cuts if they weren’t going to explode the debt,” Paul said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

Paul had earlier said he was a hard “no” on the House GOP bill, which was passed by the House on Thursday.

On Sunday, Paul said “the math doesn’t add up” and that language allowing the government to increase the debt ceiling by $4 trillion has to be removed because it is “not conservative.”

“There’s got to be someone left in Washington who thinks debt is wrong and deficits are wrong and wants to go in the other direction,” he said.

In a post on X, Senator Paul said, “The debate isn’t over faithfulness to President Trump, whom I admire and support. The debate is about the debt crisis that faces the country and will anyone be brave enough to stand athwart the tsunami of debt before it drowns us all.”