U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik said she was the “deciding vote” on a megabill that quadrupled the maximum state and local tax deduction.

Republican budget hawks got steamrolled this week as the House passed a bill to advance President Trump’s agenda, sending concerns though financial markets about permanently higher U.S.

Republicans defend budget legislation as economic plan to make life more affordable amid fierce partisan battle over social program cuts

The troubled, $20 billion US residential solar market’s future rests on whether Senate Republicans will challenge their brethren in the House of Representatives and change provisions of the massive tax and spending bill that executives and analysts alike say would devastate the industry.

The critical 3 p.m. meeting, which will include the House Freedom Caucus, comes as GOP leaders are scrambling to get the bill back on track after negotiations went south with hard-liners overnight.

In their fiscal package, Republicans have slipped in a hodgepodge of tweaks that are, at times, only tangentially related to the rest of the bill.

The governor said 310,000 Pennsylvanians could lose Medicaid and another 140,000 SNAP benefits if President Donald Trump‘s so-called big, beautiful bill becomes law.

Live updates and the latest news as the House passes the sweeping GOP agenda bill. including tax and Medicaid cuts and a SALT increase.