Karoline Leavitt Asked About Reconciliation: ‘What Is The President Doing To Win Senate Passage By July 4th?’

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During Thursday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions about Senate negotiations on the One Big Beautiful bill.

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00:00What is the president doing to win Senate passage by July 4th, and does that include

00:03work to eliminate carried interest and make business tax cuts permanent? Where is he on

00:07those issues? Well, look, this bill literally just passed the House of Representatives,

00:12so now our team is suiting up for discussions with the Senate side of Capitol Hill. The

00:17president, again, said this morning he hopes to see this bill at his desk as soon as possible,

00:21and he'll be engaged in the process to get it through the Senate, just like he was to get it

00:25through the House of Representatives. What kind of assurances did he give the Freedom

00:28Caucus members to kind of ensure that this would get through last night was changes to Fannie Mae

00:33and Freddie Mac, part of that equation, changes administratively to Medicaid as well?

00:38Well, I was in that meeting yesterday with the president in House Freedom Caucus, and he told

00:42them how he wants to be a cheerleader for them, a cheerleader for the Republican Party, and for

00:46the country. And Republicans faced a pivotal moment yesterday. They could have voted to bankrupt the

00:51country and increase taxes by $4 trillion, or they could vote for this one big, beautiful bill,

00:56which cuts taxes and saves American taxpayers' money. And he put that proposition before them,

01:02and clearly they heeded the call because the bill passed last night. Sure.

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