The House Freedom Caucus and allied fiscal conservatives circulated a three-page memo outlining a series of objections to the Senate-passed Republican ‘big beautiful bill,’ a sprawling legislative package GOP leaders are trying to shepherd through the House before President Donald Trump’s self-imposed 4 July deadline. The memo argues the bill would widen federal deficits, scales back clean-energy programs insufficiently, imposes only modest Medicaid work requirements and earmarks what it calls “excessive port” funding for Alaska and Hawaii. The document also claims the measure breaks assurances given by Senate Republican Whip John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson. The critique underscores the challenge facing party leaders as they try to win over hard-line votes needed for final passage.
MEANWHILE: House Freedom Caucus leaders are circulating this doc torching the Senate-passed "big beautiful bill." They say it increases deficits and contains insufficient clean energy cuts, inadequate Medicaid rules, "excessive port for Alaska and Hawaii," among other grievances. https://t.co/TqFTGICGrf
The House Freedom Caucus is circulating a memo attacking the Senate-passed GOP megabill as Republican leaders work to secure hard-liners’ votes ahead of President Trump's July 4 deadline. https://t.co/emWxBCaIjT
Freedom Caucus attacks Senate megabill in 3-page dissection https://t.co/VLThrX8Hoi