President Trump Rallies House Republicans On Tax Cut And Border Security Bill With Four Votes To Spare
https://dailytorch.com/2025/05/president-trump-rallies-house-republicans-on-tax-cut-and-border-security-bill-with-four-votes-to-spare/
President Donald Trump addressed the House Republican Conference on May 20 in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that will extend and expand the 2017 Trump tax cuts including no income taxes on tips and overtime plus the boosted deduction for seniors, puts $46.5 billion towards the border wall and removes Medicaid from 1.4 million illegal aliens. The House is currently composed of 220 Republicans and 213 Democrats following the 2024 elections and the death of two Democratic members in 2025, with special elections not until later this year That gives House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) just four votes to spare if Republican members vote in opposition, or up to six votes to spare if Republican members voted present or didn’t vote. That’s a little bit of wiggle room, but not much in terms of getting Republicans’ signature legislation to the Senate and from there to the desk of President Trump. The National Taxpayers Union Foundation finds that income taxes will increase on 80 percent of Americans if the 2017 Trump tax cuts expire. That’s not good. A Public Opinion Strategies-Americans for Prosperity poll conducted April 10 to April 14 that found 80 percent of voters think it would be a really bad time to raise taxes. Especially since President Trump and House and Senate Republicans swept the 2024 elections in part on the promise to extend and expand the Trump tax cuts. The American people are expecting the President’s agenda to get enacted. That’s what they voted for. But do all House Republicans remember?
