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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday evening that he expects the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to pass before the end of the week, following a late-stage deal offered to persuade Republican holdouts.
The sweeping budget legislation incorporates major components of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda.
A key sticking point has been the SALT deduction cap, which limits the amount of state and local taxes taxpayers can deduct on their federal returns. Several House Republicans have withheld support for the bill due to concerns over this issue.
Johnson has spent the past week negotiating with dissenting members and indicated that the latest proposal has moved the effort forward. According to The Hill, the House could vote on a rule for the bill as early as Wednesday, with a final vote expected by Thursday.
Among those reconsidering their stance is New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, who suggested the proposal might be acceptable depending on the financial details.
“We’re still finalizing things, but it’s not going to be a heavy lift,” Johnson said.
The renewed momentum follows President Trump’s visit to Capitol Hill earlier Tuesday, which was aimed at helping Johnson bridge the divide between moderates and conservatives in the Republican caucus.
“We have governors that are from the Democrat Party – let’s say New York, Illinois, big ones – let’s say Gavin Newsom, who’s done a horrible job in California,” Trump told reporters before meeting with House Republicans.
“We want to benefit Republicans because they are the ones that are going to make America great again. The Democrats are destroying our country, and you see that with the past administration, with an open-borders policy that allowed 21 million people into our country – many of those people are stone-cold murderers, killers, and trouble,” he added.
“We’re going to make a couple of tweaks,” Trump said about the legislation.” We don’t want to benefit Democrat governors – although, I would do that if it made it better, but they don’t know what they’re doing. We don’t want to do any damage to a state. We want to help all the states.”
