Speaker Mike Johnson is still facing a bloc of persistent right-wing holdouts on his "big, beautiful bill" even after President Trump urged House Republicans to support it in a closed-door meeting. Why it matters: Johnson (R-La.

Speaker Mike Johnson mostly stood by and nodded as President Donald Trump pitched his spending bill to reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesday, but when he did speak, his praise of Trump was effusive. "I think this was a tremendous session — you might want to say something,

President Donald Trump is growing frustrated with demands to significantly boost the cap on the state and local tax deduction, according to a senior administration official, signaling a deadlock as Republicans aim to quickly pass a giant tax-cut bill.

As the fate of President Donald Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" remains in doubt, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is now enlisting the president's help – against members of his own party. Politico reported Monday that Johnson now wants Trump to personally apply pressure to far-right House Republicans that oppose the bill in its current form due to their opinion that it doesn't go far enough in cutting federal spending.

House Speaker Mike Johnson teased plans to bump up the timeline for implementing work requirements on Medicaid to help win over support from fiscal hawks on the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that got shot down in committee on Friday.

Trump is trying to unify divided House Republicans on the multitrillion-dollar package that is at risk of collapsing.

That adds up to a busy day ahead for Speaker Mike Johnson. He already has White House aides James Blair and James Braid planted in his office, ready for members to shuttle in and out through the afternoon and beyond. Hard-right Reps. Andy Harris and Chip Roy just walked in a moment ago.

The bill failed in a 16-21 committee vote Friday when five Republicans voted down the legislation, saying they wanted bigger budget cuts to address the deficit.