A group of House Republicans met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday as GOP leadership

Johnson, 52, is bringing Noa Argamani, who endured 246 days in Hamas captivity, and key administration officials to observe the president’s speech to a joint session of both chambers of

Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump more power to go around Congress and set funding levels himself.

Ten Democrats sided with the speaker’s censure of Representative Al Green. The shameful act was diminished by colleagues supporting him singing “We Shall Overcome” on the House floor.

Donald Trump is relying on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to make his policy dreams come true at the same time he is privately sniping at the House Republican while leaving him hanging trying to muscle a new budget deal into existence.

The proposal includes $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts. It kick-starts a weeks-long process to draft the details and merge it with the Senate's package. But some say hitting those targets will mean cuts to Medicaid and other programs and services.