尽管挫折周四上午，唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统在白宫东厅举行了一场活动，以团结共和党人支持他的税收立法。
“我们在这项法案中削减了1.7万亿美元，你不会感觉到任何损失。你的医疗补助就没人管了。它保持原样。你的医疗保险和社会保障得到了加强，”特朗普在讲话中说，他认为民主党人将“把你的医疗保险和医疗补助削减一半。”
“在2024年竞选中做出的几乎每一个主要承诺都将成为一个信守的承诺。这非常重要，”特朗普说。
“所以我们要做一件真正的工作，如此重要。所以，如果你能打电话给你的参议员，打电话给你的国会议员，我们必须得到选票，”他敦促道。
一个值得注意的时刻是特朗普说他与美国签署了一项贸易协议中国不过他没有提供交易的细节。当被要求澄清特朗普的评论时，一名白宫官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，政府和中国同意就执行他们5月在日内瓦达成的协议的框架达成额外谅解。
总统还提到了与印度正在进行的一项贸易协议。
“我们即将迎来一个，也许是印度。非常大的一个，”他说。“嗯，我们要开拓印度。在与中国的交易中，我们开始开放中国，这是以前不可能发生的事情。与每个国家的关系都很好。
这一事件发生在参议院议员否决了法案中的关键医疗补助条款后几个小时，这对参议院共和党人及其削减一揽子预算成本的计划是一个重大打击。
据白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特(Karoline Leavitt)称，此次活动的特邀嘉宾包括送货司机、来自阿肯色州的理发师、执法人员和边境巡逻人员。在周四早些时候的新闻发布会上，莱维特说，这次活动的目的是“向美国人民展示这项法案如何为他们服务，以及这项法案中的条款如何改变他们的生活。”
参议院正在就众议院通过的“一个美丽的大法案”进行谈判一些财政鹰派人士推动额外的变革。
当被问及国会是否有足够的时间来解决议员裁决中出现的问题时，白宫仍然坚称，总统预计将在下周的独立日签署该裁决。
“我们预计该法案将在7月4日之前提交总统签字。我知道参议院议员今天早上做出了裁决。听着，这是程序的一部分。这是美国参议院内部运作的一部分。但是总统坚持要在独立日之前在白宫的办公桌上看到这项法案。
“我们希望如此，”特朗普在离开活动时被问及国会是否能在7月4日的最后期限前通过该法案时表示。
沮丧的共和党参议员对议员的裁决犹豫不决，一些人试图修改措辞以使其获得通过。
当被问及总统正在做什么来推动他的立法通过终点线时，莱维特表示他正在白宫主持会议。
Trump hosts event to rally Republicans behind his megabill
Despite asetbackto President Donald Trump's megabill Thursday morning, the president held an event in the East Room of the White House to rally Republicans behind his tax legislation.
“We're cutting $1.7 trillion in this bill, and you're not going to feel any of it. And your Medicaid is left alone. It's left the same. Your Medicare and your Social Security are strengthened,” Trump said during his remarks, arguing that the Democrats will be “cutting your Medicare, Medicaid in half.”
“Almost every major promise made in the 2024 campaign already will have become a promise kept. That's very important,” Trump said.
“So we're going to do a real job, so important. So if you can call your senators, call your congressmen, we have to get the vote,” he urged.
One notable moment came when Trump said he signed a trade deal withChinaon Wednesday, though he provided no details on the deal. Asked to clarify Trump’s comments, a White House official told ABC News that the administration and China agreed to an additional understanding for a framework to implement the agreement they made in Geneva in May.
The president also teased a trade deal in the works with India.
"We have one coming up, maybe with India. Very big one," he said. "Well, we're going to open up India. In the China deal, we're starting to open up China, things that never really could have happened. And the relationship with every country has been very good,” he added.
The event came hours after the Senate parliamentarian rejected key Medicaid provisions in the bill -- a major blow to Senate Republicans and their plan to slash costs in the budget package.
Among the special guests at the event were delivery drivers, a barber from Arkansas, law enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Earlier Thursday during a press briefing, Leavitt said the purpose of the event was to "show the American people how this bill works for them and how there are provisions in this bill that will change their lives."
Negotiations are underway in the Senate on the House-passed "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" withsome fiscal hawks pushing for additional changes.
When asked if there is enough time for Congress to work through the issues that come up with the parliamentarian's ruling, the White House remained adamant that the president expects to sign it next week on Independence Day.
"We expect that bill to be on the president's desk for signature by July Fourth. I know that there was a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian this morning. Look, this is part of the process. This is part of the inner workings of the United States Senate. But the president is adamant about seeing this bill on his desk here at the White House by Independence Day," she said.
"We hope so," Trump said as he left the event when asked if Congress can get the bill passed by his July Fourth deadline.
Frustrated Republican senators balked at the parliamentarian's ruling -- with some seeking to rework the language in order to get it passed.
When asked what the president is doing to push his legislation across the finish line, Leavitt indicated that he's hosting meetings at the White House.
