MEDICAID CUTS STALL MEGABILL — House Republicans failed to secure enough votes as of Thursday morning for their massive domestic spending bill despite an aggressive push from party leaders. But a key procedural vote indicates that the GOP is close to sending the bill to President Donald Trump ’s desk.

President Trump spoke on the phone with a handful of Republican lawmakers blocking his “big, beautiful bill” in the early hours of Thursday morning, The Hill has learned, as GOP leaders race to coalesce the conference around the sprawling package.