Republicans close in on 'big, beautiful' deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : House Majority Leader Steve Scalise told reporters Tuesday night that the bill would "limit dramatically any new projects from starting" using Inflation Reduction Act incentives.
45% : That's where Johnson's leadership circle believes they can lean on the final holdouts until they break -- possibly with help from Trump.
43% : Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland -- chair of the hard-right Freedom Caucus -- emerged from the morning Trump meeting insisting that he was far from a "yes" and demanding further cuts to Medicaid.
39% : The thinking, several of the Republicans said, is that some members will keep asking for more time until leaders finally call the question: Are you with Trump and your Republican colleagues, or aren't you?
37% : Harris said some major work remains on ironing out the parameters around axing the clean-energy tax credits, but he and other conservatives have all but dropped their push for the steepest cuts to Medicaid following Trump's insistence Tuesday morning that they leave the program alone.
29% : They include Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), who has taken a less confrontational stance than fellow fiscal hawks Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) or Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) -- and, according to the Republicans involved in the talks, has looked for ways to get on board after helping tank a key Budget Committee vote last Friday, enraging Trump.
21% : Meanwhile, vulnerable centrists are relieved that Trump told conservatives to back off further cuts to safety-net programs, and the SALT Republicans are heading toward a resolution after a Trump tongue-lashing.

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