Trump pitch fails to move GOP holdouts on agenda megabill

President Trump’s forceful pitch for House GOP lawmakers to rally around the party’s “big, beautiful bill” fell flat on Tuesday, as two groups of holdouts — hardline conservatives and moderate blue-state Republicans — are still demanding changes to win their support. 

During a nearly two-hour meeting in the Capitol basement, Trump urged Republicans to support his agenda bill as Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) self-imposed Memorial Day deadline for passing the package inches closer.

The trouble was...