President calls for passage of signature tax bill but not yet clear if Republicans have sufficient votes in Senate
Donald Trump convened congressional leaders and cabinet secretaries at the White House on Thursday to make the case for passage of his marquee tax-and-spending bill, but it remains to be seen if his pep talk will resolve a developing logjam that could threaten its passage through the Senate.
The president’s intervention comes as Senate majority leader John Thune mulls an initial vote on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on Friday, ahead of a 4 July deadline Trump has imposed to have the legislation ready for his signature.
