Speaker Mike Johnson had GOP lawmakers working into the night ahead of a self-imposed Friday deadline to produce the package, after having blown past an earlier timeline to draft the contours of a bill that could begin making its long journey through Congress to the president’s desk.

President Donald Trump hosted an unusually long meeting with House Republicans at the White House on Thursday, turning over prime workspace for them to hammer out differences over the size, scope and details of their multitrillion-dollar plan to cut taxes,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Congressional Republicans emerged from a five-hour meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday without a deal on how to extend his sweeping tax cuts, though senior lawmakers said they believed they were close to agreement.