Trump orders Congress to stay in Washington to pass Big Beautiful Bill

Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News on Jun 24, 2025

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered Republican lawmakers to stay in Washington, D.C. for as long as it takes to bridge their differences and pass his sprawling budget bill.

With a self-imposed July 4 deadline looming, Trump warned the GOP-led Congress that there will be no fireworks in their home districts and holiday cookouts until they pass his Big Beautiful Bill including trillions of dollars in tax and spending cuts.

“To my friends in the Senate, lock yourself in a room if you must, don’t go home, and get the deal done this week,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “Work with the House so they can pick it up, and pass it, immediately.”

“No one goes on vacation until it’s done,” he added.

Speaker Mike Johnson instructed House Republicans in a closed-door meeting Tuesday “not to leave town” for a planned holiday break.

“I think we can get this job done,” Johnson said.

Along with trillions in dueling spending and tax cuts, lawmakers are haggling over the controversial SALT deduction for state and local taxes.

The House agreed to increase the SALT cap to $40,000 a year in a compromise with a handful of suburban New York Republicans. But Senate Republicans are pushing back against that deal.

The Senate, which Republicans control 53-47, is working on its version of the bill that the House narrowly passed last month. It hopes to start voting on procedural issues this week.

If the upper chamber passes a bill that is similar to the House’s, they could quickly get it to Trump’s desk before Independence Day as planned.

But if the differences are too wide, the two chambers will need to hash things out in a process that could stretch for weeks or months.

Trump and his Republican allies want to keep political momentum behind the bill, which polls say is unpopular with voters.

It includes about $4 trillion in tax cuts, mostly for the wealthy and corporations. There’s also more than a trillion in spending cuts, much of it from the popular Medicaid health program.