'Throws a wrench': Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill' meets 'big potholes' as intraparty fighting takes hold

President Donald Trump is hoping that the small GOP majorities in Congress will pass a "big, beautiful bill" combining his legislative priorities by Memorial Day, which is Monday, May 26. But Senate and House Republicans don't necessarily see eye to eye on what such a megabill should ultimately look like.

Moreover, Republicans within House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) caucus have their differences. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), a major budget hawk, wants steep cuts — whereas a group of House Republicans in swing districts are vowing to vote "no" on any cuts to "Medicaid."

In an article published on April 30, Politico reporters Ben Leonard, Mia McCarthy and Lisa Kashinsky describe the "big potholes" that Trump's "big, beautiful bill" is "starting to hit."

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The "headaches" that GOP lawmakers "have to solve," according to the journalists, involve Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), vehicle fees, federal pensions and "carried interest."

Leonard, McCarthy and Kashinsky report, "House Speaker Mike Johnson has a deepening challenge on his hands: How to deal with the safety-net health program millions of Republican voters rely on…. Key vulnerable House Republicans like David Valadao and Don Bacon are raising red flags about the extent of potential spending cuts, as Politico reported Tuesday afternoon, (April 29)."

The Trump White House, they add, "won't support a proposal to push some nutrition program costs onto states, House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson said Tuesday."

"That throws a wrench in his plans to scale back federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in order to reach their target of $230 billion in spending cuts," according to Leonard, McCarthy and Kashinsky.

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According to CNN reporters Lauren Fox and Sarah Ferris, "some GOP lawmakers" are "worrying" that there's "not enough time to resolve their biggest intraparty fights."

In an article that was also published on April 30, Fox and Ferris explain, "House Republicans are charging ahead with a half-dozen committee markups planned for this week and more next week. Johnson wants to hold a vote by the end of May, but Senate Republicans are proceeding far more cautiously."

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) doubts that Republicans will be able to pass a megabill as quickly as Trump would like.

Tillis told CNN, "Seven legislative weeks away if we had resolved all the differences in a bicameral basis would be a lot of work…. We aren't through all the big issues yet.”

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Read the full Politico article at this link and CNN's reporting here.