The White House is wasting no time in trying to persuade Republican senators to back the reconciliation bill, using a full-court press strategy even before the legislation is actually written in the Senate.
As the GOP’s self-imposed deadline of Fourth of July recess rapidly approaches, the White House and President Donald Trump’s early intervention may be exactly what lawmakers need to jump-start the slow negotiations.
With so many issues unresolved, the only thing Republicans seem to have consensus on is that they should produce a reconciliation bill that extends the expiring tax rates.