Rep. Don Bacon defended Trump's $4 trillion tax bill, arguing its middle-class benefits while addressing GOP concerns over Medicaid cuts and mounting deficit fears.

A procedural vote to set up final passage for the legislation stalled as Speaker Mike Johnson worked to sway holdouts and meet Trump's July 4 deadline.

The president exhorted holdout House Republicans to get behind his tax-and-spending bill , after the party’s efforts to pass it ran into stubborn resistance.