WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are working overtime after a lengthy White House meeting to meet President Donald Trump's demand for a big budget package that includes some $3 trillion in tax breaks, massive program cuts and a possible extension of the nation's debt limit.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that President Donald Trump wants the "largest tax cuts in history" for Americans in the middle class. Leavitt made her announcement while Trump met with congressional leaders at the White House to negotiate what will be included in a budget reconciliation bill that is expected to include

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.