'Hell no!' Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' plunged into chaos as House GOP fights

https://www.rawstory.com/hell-no-trump-s-big-beautiful-bill-still-in-chaos-as-house-gop-squabbles/

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is at the helm of the negotiations, "has said repeatedly over the last few months that he is in the 'consensus-building business.' But as markups begin today, an objective view of the landscape is that Johnson does not have consensus," Sherman wrote.

Republicans can only lose three votes in the House on the finished product — and there are way more unsatisfied Republicans than that currently.

One of the biggest problems is that, even though the bill sharply cuts Medicaid, which itself is a matter of bitter contention among swing-district Republicans and a handful of hard red-state populists, it still isn't seen to be a big enough cut by the hardliners.

"The House Freedom Caucus is putting the onus on GOP leadership to make 'very aggressive changes' to the reconciliation package before it comes to the floor. Many conservatives have asked for at least $2 trillion in cuts," noted the report. "These HFC-backed changes – more Medicaid cuts, a total repeal of IRA clean energy credits and 'deficit neutrality' – would have to happen during today’s trio of committee markups or the Rules Committee." Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), one of the hardliners, says he cannot back the bill as written.