Moderate Republicans and hardline conservatives in the House are expressing increasing opposition to the Senate’s version of the “big, beautiful bill” just days before the lower chamber is set to consider the legislation, a daunting dynamic for GOP leaders as they race to meet their self-imposed Friday deadline.
The Senate on Monday kicked off the hours-long vote-a-rama with members considering a series of amendments that could make or break support in the lower chamber, including changes to Medicaid cuts, tax provisions and more. The upper chamber is expected to vote on final passage early Tuesday morning.
As House lawmakers anxiously watch the Senate’s deliberations, they are fuming about the state of the legislation.
“On the text chains, on the phone calls, everyone is complaining,” one moderate House Republican, who requested anonymity to discuss the private conversations, told The Hill. “There’s a few little provisions people will say something positive about, but no one is happy with the Senate version.”
“It’s amazing to a lot of us — how did it get so much f—ing worse?” they added.
The Hill’s Mychael Schnell has more here.
