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'We could take another week to get this thing right,' said House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, a Maryland Republican, during an appearance on CNBC. 'We're willing to stay until we resolve this.'
'I don't think it's going to be ready by July 4,' he added, saying that the Senate 'should not have left town' after passing their version of the measure on Tuesday.
But Trump, who is determined to see the legislation passed by Independence Day, plans to meet at the White House Wednesday with members of the Freedom Caucus and multiple other groups of House Republicans, an administration official said.
House leaders plan to hold a procedural vote to advance the bill on Wednesday, with the goal of sending it to the president by Friday.
The president's ambitious timeline is encountering considerable opposition as moderate and ultraconservative GOP lawmakers threaten to defy the president and perhaps frustrate his domestic agenda. House lawmakers are returning to Washington from a holiday week to vote Wednesday on the Senate version of the bill, which passed the upper chamber 51-50 on Tuesday with Vice President JD Vance's tie-breaking vote.
Two key House lawmakers, Texas Representative Chip Roy and Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina, on Wednesday predicted the first procedural vote will fail, meaning the House would likely not be able to move to a final vote on Wednesday. House Speaker Mike Johnson can afford to lose few Republican votes in the closely divided chamber.
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'The House took a position, the Senate took a position, now it's time to get somewhere between those two positions and send something to the president's desk ,' Harris said. His complaint centers on how the Senate's version of the bill adds to the deficit. 'We're not talking about a revolt. We're talking about actually doing the legislative process the way it's supposed to be done.'
Trump on Tuesday put public pressure on Republicans to quickly back the bill, posting on Truth Social the tax bill can pass 'but only if the House GOP UNITES, ignores its occasional 'GRANDSTANDERS' (You know who you are!)'
--With assistance from Maeve Sheehey, Stephanie Lai and Erik Wasson.
(Updates with Trump plans to meet with lawmakers, in fourth paragraph.)
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