Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday were pushing President Donald Trump's sweeping tax bill forward, amid a running battle over spending cuts and tax breaks that threatens to shatter their fragile majority.

The bill includes more than $140 billion in spending on the Trump administration's plan to crack down on illegal immigration. That includes $50 billion for completing the wall on the southern border, $45 billion for detention centers, $8 billion to hire more immigration officers, and $14 billion for deportations.

Days before Republicans unveiled their sweeping tax cut plan, the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee had one last person to consult. He went to the White House.

The Texas Republican let President Donald Trump's bill clear a key committee vote Sunday but says he wants more cuts to Medicaid and clean energy subsidies.

Goldman said tariffs could overshadow and boost to the economy provided by Republicans' sweeping fiscal package, which includes big tax and spending cuts.

Republicans said that now is the right time to cut the state’s top income tax rate from 4.75% to 4.5%, which will allow Oklahomans to keep more of their money. They said will grow spending and increase Oklahoma’s competitiveness in luring new residents to the state.

U.S. Republican tax writers pushing through President Donald Trump's signature tax cut priorities proposed to eliminate a customer tax on firearm silencers, potentially undoing the almost 100-year-old tax.