House Republican leadership worked with the White House around the clock Wednesday and Thursday morning to unify the conference and successfully sway many holdouts.
While they were light on specifics, holdouts who voted “yes” hinted they were swayed by the prospect of a second reconciliation bill later this year to deal with their concerns and future executive actions from the White House.
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), one of the Freedom Caucus members initially against the bill, said “we held out as long as we could” during a Thursday interview on CNBC.
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Norman said a hands-on President Donald Trump and the White House offered “assurances” they’d address additional hangups, including dropped changes to wind and solar project permitting, via executive action.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and
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