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is determined to push the package through the House by Memorial Day, sending it to the Senate, where Republicans are working on their own version.Johnson and his leadership team have been conferring constantly with Trump at every step.

Rep. Jason Smith, the Republican chairman of the Ways & Means tax writing committee said he met with Trump on Friday and went over the tax provisions “line by line.”“He was very happy with what we’re delivering,” Smith said.On Tuesday, the final three of 11 House committees working on the package launched what would become lengthy meetings drilling down on some of the largest components.

Early on, Rep. Brett Guthrie, the Republican chairman of the Energy & Commerce Committee, banned lawmakers from accusing colleagues of “lying.”As the minority party in Congress, Democrats are unable to stop the bill on their own, but used the procedural tools to slow down the process.

Democrats put up posters of constituents with the words “Medicaid Matters.” One, Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas, put one on speakerphone to share her story — until her testimony was ruled out of order.

The U.S. Capitol Police said 26 people were arrested in the Rayburn House Office Building where the panel was meeting.Whitehouse replied that Zeldin should explain why Justice Department lawyers, speaking under oath on behalf of the agency, have “said that everything you just said is not true. That’s what I want.”

A lawyer for the EPA told a federal appeals court this week that the agency was “not accusing anybody of fraud” in a separate dispute over its termination of $20 billion in grants under a so-calledprogram to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects nationwide.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court judge who was an outspoken supporter of abortion rights in the state Legislature announced Tuesday that she is running for the, taking on an incumbent conservative justice who sided with President Donald Trump in his failed attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.