Donald Trump goes to Capitol Hill and warns House Republicans: Vote for my 'Big, Beautiful Bill' or get primaried

Donald Trump has sent a stern message asking Republicans to back the much talked about "big, beautiful bill". The US President has warned that without the bill the United States would face huge tax increases.

President Trump said that there were "one or two grandstanders" blocking the bill but that he was confident of a deal.

Donald Trump vs Republicans?

Sharp divisions in the Republican party have slowed the progress through Congress of Trump's budget bill, which pairs an extension of the billionaire's signature tax cuts from his first term with a series of savings.

Moderate Republicans fear overly large cuts in the popular program could upset the party's prospects in the November 2026 midterm elections.

Several rebels who had blocked it on Friday dropped their earlier opposition after speaker Johnson spent the weekend persuading them. Subsequently, the bill cleared a key hurdle on Sunday when it finally progressed out of the House Budget Committee.

But President Trump will need everyone onside for it to get past Congress. Republicans have a very slim majority in the House, meaning the legislation needs almost unanimous support to pass, with Democrats united against the bill.

Even if the bill passes in the House, it will face challenges in the Senate, where Republicans are demanding major changes.

Worries over Big, Beautiful Bill

Financial experts were opposing the bill on the grounds that it would pile on to the already huge US budget deficit. Independent congressional analysts calculated that the mega-bill's tax provisions would add more than $4.8 trillion over the coming decade. Moderates claimed that the savings would mean millions of the poorest Americans lose health coverage under the Medicaid program. The policy change would result in more than 10 million people losing coverage under the program, according to estimates by the independent Congressional Budget Office.

However, Trump insisted that he was "not touching" Medicaid but just cutting "waste, fraud and abuse" -- the slogan of the administration's cost-slashing drive led by tech tycoon Elon Musk.

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Q1. Who is President of USA?
A1. President of USA is Donald Trump.

Q2. What is the name of latest US Budget bill?
A2. The name of latest US Budget bill is "big, beautiful bill".