Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., told Newsmax on Tuesday that the real battle among Republicans on Capitol Hill over the reconciliation bill to fund President Donald Trump’s agenda is over mandatory spending.

Donalds joined “Rob Schmitt Tonight” to talk about the disagreement between conservative House Republicans and Senate Republicans, which Donalds said is not about trading spending cuts to pay for Trump’s tax breaks.

“There isn’t disagreement on Capitol Hill when it comes to tax policy. The disagreement is how much money are we cutting in mandatory spending,” Donalds told Schmitt. “And to be blunt, there are members on Capitol Hill who don’t trust members of the Senate and frankly, don’t trust members of leadership in order to deliver on a lot of the promises that have been made over the years up here on Capitol Hill.”

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