Trump is 'working the phones' to get megabill over the finish line

President Donald Trump is ramping up a pressure campaign on House Freedom Caucus members as he tries to get his “Big Beautiful Bill” across the finish line ahead of his July 4 deadline.

A White House official, granted anonymity to speak candidly about strategy, confirmed that the president is meeting with House Freedom Caucus members and other GOP lawmakers on Wednesday.

"He's been working the phones pretty consistently over the last several days, and members have been calling him as well,” the official said. “He’s going to get it over the finish line.”

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) was among a handful of Republicans spotted arriving at the White House Wednesday morning.

According to Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Trump has quickly flipped several holdouts in meetings at the White House on Wednesday.

“Donald Trump is the best closer in the business, and we're going to get it done,” said Johnson, who chairs the GOP’s Main Street Caucus. “In the meetings that I was in, the president, I think, closed out just about everybody.”

Johnson noted that the House GOP could target more spending cuts in future legislation to satisfy fiscal hawks. He also predicted that Republicans who are still against the bill will quickly realize that “passage beats the hell out of failure.”