House Speaker Mike Johnson teased plans to bump up the timeline for implementing work requirements on Medicaid to help win over support from fiscal hawks on the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that got shot down in committee on Friday.

President Trump visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday to do what he does best: Use his bully pulpit to pressure unruly Republican lawmakers to get on board with his agenda.

Republicans are scrambling to resolve intense divisions over Medicaid as they hammer out a key piece of their massive bill for President Donald Trump’s agenda.

That adds up to a busy day ahead for Speaker Mike Johnson. He already has White House aides James Blair and James Braid planted in his office, ready for members to shuttle in and out through the afternoon and beyond. Hard-right Reps. Andy Harris and Chip Roy just walked in a moment ago.

The Republican speaker’s decision underscored the resistance in his party to politically painful reductions to the program, and drew a backlash from the hard right, which is demanding deep cuts.

Despite ongoing challenges to the Republican budget reconciliation bill, House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed optimism Tuesday that the multi-trillion dollar legislation will pass the chamber this week.

Speaker Mike Johnson is declaring “victory” after House Republicans pushed President Donald Trump’s massive tax cuts bill through committee in a late Sunday night vote, in what one Democrat called a “bonanza for billionaires.

Speaker Mike Johnson expressed optimism that the budget bill would reach the House floor before Memorial Day as lawmakers prepare to vote at 10 p.m. Sunday.