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The Senate’s loudest Republican defender of Medicaid is keeping his powder dry on the House GOP’s “big beautiful bill” to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), whose support is crucial for a so-called budget reconciliation bill but is contingent on preserving Medicaid, wants to first see what House Republicans can muster through their thin majority.

An executive order from President Trump aims to make deep cuts to prescription drug costs, putting GOP lawmakers who have traditionally opposed government-directed drug pricing in a tough position.

Republican lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.) and Senate GOP Whip John Barrasso (Wyo.), have warned in the past that directing the federal government to set drug prices will slow innovation and limit patients’ access to lifesaving therapies.

Our friend Yuval Levin likes to say that it’s often impossible to distinguish between legislation that is failing and legislation that, while seeming to fail, is getting banged into something that can pass.

The reconciliation bill, the legislative vehicle to cut taxes and make offsetting spending reductions, may be the latter, but it is indeed not easy to tell.

After a two-week break, Congress is back to hammer out the details in President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill."

In February, the House of Representatives passed a spending bill for the 2025 fiscal year and set forth budgetary levels for the fiscal years 2026 through 2034. The bill in question is the GOP's attempt to put all of Trump's legislative agenda in one sweeping spending bill that would include the president's priorities for taxes, border security and energy.

After more than 100 days of President Trump marked by overreach and economic self-immolation, congressional Republicans need a reset to save their political fortunes. Representative Mike Johnson, the House speaker, is banking on a spending and tax cut package to provide that jolt, and numerous House committees are now working quickly to stitch together a bill he has pledged to deliver to Mr. Trump before Independence Day.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) promised this week that he will work to realize one of Republicans’ long-held goals: defunding Planned Parenthood.

The US House of Representatives on Monday passed the “Take It Down” Act, which aims to protect Americans from deepfake and revenge pornography.

Lawmakers voted 409-2 to pass the bill – which boosts protections for victims of non-consensual sharing of sexual images, including content generated by artificial intelligence known as deepfake porn – and it will go to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature.

The Take It Down Act, a measure that would criminalize the publication of nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes, passed the House on Monday and now heads to President Trump’s desk.

The measure cleared the House in an overwhelming 409-2 vote, with 22 members not voting. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Eric Burilson (R-Mo.) were the sole “no” votes.

The House of Representatives on Monday overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan "Take It Down Act," which seeks to federally criminalize the publishing of computer-generated porn images and videos out of revenge and without consent. 

The Senate passed the measure, which was cosponsored last month by Texas GOP Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz and Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and President Donald Trump has promised to sign the legislation. 

If Speaker Mike Johnson has his way, the “big, beautiful” domestic policy bill that President Donald Trump wants passed post-haste would be through the House no later than Memorial Day — just over four weeks away.

To that end, House Republicans will launch a legislative sprint when they return to Washington Monday, with key committees set to finally put GOP pledges on taxes, energy, defense and border security into legislative text.

The problem: There are rampant doubts that Johnson’s ambitious timeline is feasible.