The three factions holding up Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’

Published May 17, 2025 7:00am ET



Three factions of House Republicans are imperiling leadership’s efforts to shepherd the party’s $4 trillion tax-cut and spending bill to passage. 

Republicans hold a very slim margin in the House and can only afford to lose a couple of votes on their massive fiscal legislative package, which they are trying to pass through reconciliation, a legislative process that allows bills to bypass the filibuster and pass with only a simple majority in the Senate.

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