经过参议院的紧张投票,众议院正在审议唐纳德·特朗普总统的巨额税收和移民法案。
预计它将面临一些问题,特别是在财政鹰派人士中,因为参议院的版本预计将比众议院5月份通过的版本增加约1万亿美元的赤字。
这还不是唯一的问题——议长迈克·约翰逊周二晚上表示,众议院可能会出现出席问题,因为一些议员在风暴肆虐航空旅行时无法返回华盛顿。约翰逊周二晚上表示,他预计众议院最迟将于周三或周四进行投票。
约翰逊说他认为比尔今晚会通过
由于众议院仍然陷入盯着比赛,议长迈克·约翰逊告诉美国广播公司新闻,他仍然希望众议院将在周三晚上通过总统的兆比尔。
“正在取得进展,”当被问及他是否拥有选票时,这位发言人告诉ABC新闻。“我的意思是,良好的对话,我认为我们可以-我希望我们今晚可以继续进行,并完成这项工作。”
约翰逊离开国会大厦,告诉记者他要去接他的妻子并把她带回来。
“我马上回来,”他说。
众议院仍然被困在共和党的工作,以确保支出法案的投票
众议院共和党人有足够的票数通过目前的程序障碍,这使他们能够进入规则投票,以推进特朗普的支出法案,但共和党领导人正在保持投票开放,因为他们在幕后努力确保大规模税收和政策法案获得足够的选票。
程序性投票已经进行了两个多小时,导致众议院陷入停顿。
众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊继续发表声明,敦促通过该法案。
“一个美丽的大法案对立法至关重要@POTUS南美第一议程。没有时间可以耽搁了。我们需要这个法案来建设一个更安全、更强大、更繁荣的国家在X上发布.
奥巴马加入共和党支出法案
周三下午,前总统巴拉克·奥巴马就备受争议的共和党支出法案发表了意见。
在一篇X帖子中,奥巴马敦促美国人给他们的代表打电话,“告诉他们对这项法案投反对票。”
“1600多万美国人面临失去医疗保健的危险,因为国会中的共和党人正急于通过一项法案,该法案将削减联邦医疗补助资金,削弱患者保护与平价医疗法案。如果众议院通过这项法案,它将增加成本,伤害未来几代工人阶级家庭,”他写道。
众议院停滞不前,程序性投票持续了近一个小时
众议院原定五分钟的程序性投票已经进行了近一个小时。
目前,共和党众议员弗吉尼亚·福克斯(Virginia Foxx)对该规则的修正案获得了共和党211票赞成,212票反对,9票反对。
推迟之际,一些共和党强硬派对参议院通过的特朗普总统全面国内政策法案表示不满。众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊在美国东部时间下午2:30左右被记者发现离开地板走向他的办公室。他在打电话,回避了记者的所有问题。
Dr. Oz meets with House GOP at White House amid Medicaid cut concerns: Source
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, was at the White House Wednesday during President Trump and Vice President Vance’s meeting with House Republicans, a source familiar with the matter told ABC News.
This meeting was with the "main street" Republicans concerned about the bill’s cuts to Medicaid, the source added.
Dr. Oz also had a call earlier this week with House Republicans who expressed concerns about funding cuts to hospitals, according to this source and another source familiar with the call. During that call, Dr. Oz mentioned that the Republicans should look into the finances of those hospitals, the sources said.
The Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
'We can't make everyone 100% happy': Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered "a progress report" to reporters on Wednesday afternoon -- stopping outside the chamber as he arrived for the rule vote as it remains unclear whether Republicans have the votes to keep the legislation on track for final passage.
"We are working through everybody's issues and making sure that we can secure this vote. I feel very positive about the progress," Johnson said after meeting with various factions within the House Republican Conference. "We've had lots of great conversations."
Johnson said that he and a "fully engaged" Trump have met with individuals and groups all day long "trying to convince everybody this very best product that we produce."
While Johnson said he feels "good" about the state of play, he hinted ominously, "there’s more conversation to be done."
Vote series is underway
The vote series is underway. The vote to adopt the rule to advance the Trump mega bill is the third vote in the series.