


A group of swing-district House Republicans who will be key votes on upcoming tax cuts will meet with President Trump on Wednesday.
Reps. Don Bacon of Nebraska, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mike Lawler of New York will attend the meeting at the White House.
“Without us three, we’d have a Democrat speaker,” Mr. Bacon told The Washington Times. “So we’re proud of that, we helped keep the majority, the three of us.”
It is one in a series of Mr. Trump’s meetings with congressional Republicans to chart a course for his legislative agenda, which will rely on a special process to push through legislation in party-line votes.
On Tuesday, Mr. Trump met with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and their leadership teams to discuss strategy for passing a filibuster-proof package, a legislative vehicle known as budget reconciliation.
Getting the swing-district Republican on board will be crucial to advance the legislation with the House GOP’s narrow majority. The majority will soon shrink to zero when Rep. Elise Stefanik, New York Republican, resigns from her seat to become the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Mr. Lawler, along with most of the Republican New York delegation, demanded the tax bill lift the cap on the state and local tax deduction from federal income taxes, also known as SALT, to offset the higher tax burden of living in blue states.
• Alex Miller can be reached at amiller@washingtontimes.com.