Trump urges Republicans opposed to budget bill to close your eyes and get there: Stop grandstanding

President Trump urged House Republican lawmakers opposed to a Senate-passed budget resolution on Tuesday to support the measure – telling them to “close your eyes and there.” Trump, in a speech at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual dinner, warned that it would be a “disaster” for Republicans and the country if the “one big, beautiful bill” critical to enacting his economic agenda doesn’t make it out of the lower chamber. “They have to get there,” the president said of the GOP holdouts.“And I think we are there.

We had a great meeting today.I think we are there.“But just in case there are a couple of Republicans not there – you just gotta get there, close your eyes and get there!” Trump demanded.

“It is a phenomenal bill.Stop grandstanding.”At least 10 House Republicans have indicated they won’t support the budget framework and a handful of others have publicly criticized the resolution, according to The Hill. Hard-line conservatives have expressed concern that the Senate version of the bill directs lawmakers to make only $4 billion in spending cuts, while the House seeks at least $1.5 trillion in reductions. Some House Republicans have also slammed the Senate for assuming that the extension of tax cuts enacted during Trump’s first term will not add to the federal deficit. Trump dismissed Republicans holding out for a “little bit more” in spending cuts, arguing that if they wait to pass a bill, “You end up getting nothing.” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), at the same event, described the Senate bill as “one of the most consequential pieces of legislation that Congress has passed in decades – and perhaps in the history of the Congress.”The bill is considered crucial to quickly passing legislation related to several key Trump campaign promises, including extending the 2017 tax cuts and eliminating taxes on tipped wages. In his remarks, Johnson noted that the new seven-seat GOP major...