GOP dissent over Trump tax bill mounts as deadline draws nearer
Internal dissent is mounting among Republicans over how President Donald Trump's mammoth tax and immigration legislation would cut health care funding, even as the GOP's self-imposed deadline nears.
The GOP has hopes to put the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a $3.3 trillion measure to extend tax cuts, add some new tax breaks, boost immigration enforcement, begin building Trump's 'Golden Dome' missile defense program and more — on the president's desk by Independence Day.
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