"Insulting and disgusting": House Republicans fume at Senate changes to Trump bill

House Republicans are looking on with a combination of horror and frustration as President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" morphs into something closer to a hulking monstrosity in their eyes.Why it matters: It seems every House Republican you ask — from the most right-wing to the most most moderate — has something they don't like.For lawmakers from high-tax states, that's the watering down of a hard-fought increase to the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction cap.For fiscal hawks, it's rulings made by the Senate parliamentarian that have axed a variety of spending cuts and regulatory changes they sought.Driving the news: The Senate parliamentarian has ruled out provisions to cut Medicaid and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, weaken environmental regulations and bolster President Trump's immigration crackdown.Some of these provisions are long sought-after hobby horses that were added to the bill to win over the votes of specific House Republicans.Others are key pay-fors meant to offset some of the cost of renewing the Trump tax cuts, which deficit hawks in the House say are necessary to honor a budget deal they cut with the Senate GOP.What they're saying: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) "needs to honor the deal and find the savings and make math work," Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) told Axios."We got that commitment from Thune, we got that commitment from the White House," said Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.). "Hopefully ... they know that anything that doesn't really meet that, we mean it when we say it's not going to fly in the House."Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) told Axios he is "willing to accept a lot of changes to the bill," but if it doesn't comply with the budget framework "I won't be voting for it, and I think there's a lot of others."Zoom in: On the SALT cap, which Senate Republicans initially proposed reducing from $40,000 in the House-passed bill to just $10,000, blue state Republicans are even more furious."They need to get real in what they present us, or this bill ain't ever going to happen," Rep. Nick LaLota (R-N.Y.) told Axios.LaLota called the latest SALT proposal, which he said was valued at $200 billion, less than the $340 billion in the House-passed bill, "insulting and disgusting." "Obviously, there's a strong disagreement on the number and we're continuing to dialog with [the administration]," Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), a key member of the SALT caucus, told reporters. Reality check: We've heard this before, only for House Republicans to turn around and vote for the bill under pressure from Trump."There are concerns with the changes that they have made [in the Senate] ... I don't think we're just going to roll-over," Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), a staunch Trump ally, told Axios.But, asked if calls from Trump may change minds, he said: "If Trump calls me and says you've got to pass the big, beautiful bill, we've got to do it."

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