Mike Johnson's tight megabill timeline is on a collision course with reality

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Those assurances could be tested as analyses from the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation roll in.
49% : " But Medicaid remains the biggest flashpoint.
48% : The spending-cut discussion is tied closely to changes to Medicaid and other safety net programs because Republicans will need to mine those programs for potential savings to meet their spending cut targets.
46% : While Republicans believe they've made some progress over the two-week break, including smoothing over some of their trickiest tax problems, they're still far from an agreement on the key disputes that must be settled to get their tight House majority united behind a bill -- most notably, the size of spending cuts needed to pay for their plans and how dramatically to reshape Medicaid and other safety-net programs.
45% : House Republicans are planning to implement new work requirements for Medicaid, but that won't be enough to meet the Energy and Commerce Committee's $880 billion deficit reduction target.
33% : "Starting it at $1.5 trillion in cuts is a loser just because we'll end up at nothing," Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said in an interview, calling his GOP colleagues "pretty gutless" when it comes to slashing government spending.
33% : Republicans are hoping Trump will be able to bring some of their biggest holdouts on board if the final package falls short of what fiscal hawks are demanding.
25% : Asked if House fiscal hawks would fall in line under pressure from Trump even if the bill didn't meet their demands, Roy indicated that they would not: "100 percent ... that is not happening.
15% : But lawmakers are warning GOP leaders they shouldn't bank on Trump being able to get a disappointing bill through Congress.

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