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As President Trump pushes House Republicans to support a sweeping budget bill that gives massive tax breaks to the rich while slashing spending for Medicaid, food stamps and subsidies for clean energy, we look at a new series for The Lever's podcast Lever Time, which covers the history of the Republican anti-tax movement and how their anti-government influence is impacting Trump's attempts to build power. The anti-tax activist wing "has made it impossible for this party to raise taxes, which then makes it very difficult to actually govern when you're the party in power," explains Lever Time co-host Arjun Singh. Singh breaks down the roots of the movement and its impact in the MAGA era.
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Republicans have readied a plan to overturn California's law phasing out gas-powered vehicles, using a statute aimed at striking down federal regulations. Democrats say it's an end run around Senate rules.
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The president visited the weekly meeting of House Republicans to make the case for the legislation and pressure members of his party to fall into line. Later, negotiations with key holdouts appeared to be bearing fruit.
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