President Donald Trump will meet with several Republican House members on Wednesday as part of a pressure campaign to ensure his major domestic policy bill is signed into law by July 4, according to senior White House officials.
Trump’s meetings and phone calls with Republican holdouts come as he has no scheduled public events.
On Wednesday, Trump will meet with centrist Republicans, who have raised concerns about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s effects on Medicaid, and with members of the House Freedom Caucus, who are wary of the bill’s fiscal effects.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) raised concerns that the House may not reach the July 4 deadline after the Senate narrowly passed the reconciliation legislation in a 51-50 vote on Tuesday afternoon.
Roy, who serves on the House Freedom Caucus, said the chances of meeting the deadline “are hell of a lot lower than they were even 48 hours ago” on Tuesday.
However, Trump is undeterred, taking to social media to reiterate his desire that the House swiftly pass the bill ahead of the meetings at the White House.
“Our Country will make a fortune this year, more than any of our competitors, but only if the Big, Beautiful Bill is PASSED!” Trump said Wednesday morning on Truth Social. “As they say, Trump’s been right about everything, and this is the easiest of them all to predict. Republicans, don’t let the Radical Left Democrats push you around. We’ve got all the cards, and we are going to use them.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) can only afford to lose three votes for the bill to be approved on a party-line vote. When the House first voted on the bill in May, two representatives, Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Warren Davidson (R-OH), voted against the legislation.
The House Freedom Caucus and a group of centrist Republicans had separate meetings Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill. During the meetings, neither voting bloc expressed confidence in the Senate-passed bill, and members remained tight-lipped going in and out.
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The House Freedom Caucus left its meeting a little after 9 a.m. to head over to the White House, where a group of them met with Trump as part of a last-minute effort to sway votes. The Main Street Caucus was invited to meet at the White House at 10 a.m., but many of them declined the invitation, sources told the Washington Examiner.
Lauren Green contributed to this report.
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