The critical 3 p.m. meeting, which will include the House Freedom Caucus, comes as GOP leaders are scrambling to get the bill back on track after negotiations went south with hard-liners overnight.

Republicans defend budget legislation as economic plan to make life more affordable amid fierce partisan battle over social program cuts

The narrow win for the bill, which hikes the deduction for state and local taxes to $40,000, came after Speaker Mike Johnson won over right-wing fiscal hawks and a small group of rebels from the

Many low-income families would see cuts in health care and food benefits. The state hopes for a big reimbursement for border security spending.

Proposed cuts to the country’s largest food aid program could slash benefits currently going to one in six Oregonians or shift more than $1 billion in program costs to the state in each two-year budget cycle.

The governor said 310,000 Pennsylvanians could lose Medicaid and another 140,000 SNAP benefits if President Donald Trump‘s so-called big, beautiful bill becomes law.

Live updates and the latest news as the House passes the sweeping GOP agenda bill. including tax and Medicaid cuts and a SALT increase.