The fight that will define this Republican Congress is happening right now

Piece by piece, House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans are assembling President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.”

House committees have acted fast on their instructions laid out in the budget resolution, slashing or increasing spending to deliver on the agenda that propelled Republicans to victory in the November elections. Nevertheless, the biggest fights, on taxes and major spending cuts, lie ahead.

Seven of the 11 House committees given instructions have passed...