Senate and House need to win over conflicting factions to pass ‘big, beautiful bill’

The House and the Senate face a challenge coming up with a final One Big Beautiful Bill Act that will be able to get enough support in both chambers.

The House narrowly passed the tax and spending legislation last month after weeks of at times tense negotiations. But the carefully worded bill was then changed, considerably, by the Senate Finance Committee. The Senate bill has left several lawmakers at odds, members that Republican leadership must convince to come on board if they want the legislative package to pass.

Deficit hawks still want bigger spending cuts, centrists are unhappy about changes to Medicaid and rollbacks of green tax credits, and House members of the so-called SALT caucus are incensed over the potential for a smaller cap on

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