Trump admin updates: Trump says tariff letters to be sent to 'various countries' on Monday

During Wednesday's rule debate, members of the Congressional Black Caucus huddled on the House floor, and one-by-one asked for unanimous consent to amend the "rule" and insert statements of opposition to the spending bill.

“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to amend the rule to make an order the amendment at the desk that protects against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP,” Democrat after Democrat said on the floor.

Democratic leaders encouraged their caucus to participate in the effort to delay floor movement on the Republican bill.

Prior to this effort, several Democrats voiced strong opposition to the bill, including New York Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

“This bill is a deal with the devil. It explodes our national debt. It militarizes our entire economy, and it strips away health care and basic dignity of the American people for what? To give Elon Musk a tax break," she said.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

A White House Office of Management and Budget representative on Wednesday gave a statement on the administration's $6 billion pause to federal funding for after school, student support, teacher training and English Language programs.

They said no final decision has been made about the money as the administration conducts its "ongoing programmatic review of education funding."

The representative claimed that the money was "grossly misused to subsidize a radical leftwing agenda."

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

The Senate’s final version of President Trump’s massive policy and tax bill would add $3.4 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, according to an updated estimate released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

The new estimate considers the last-minute Senate amendments adopted by the upper chamber on Tuesday.

According to the analysis, the amendments adopted in the Senate would themselves increase the deficits by about $110 billion, increase outlays by about $90 billion and decrease revenues by about $20 billion.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

The House is now debating the “rule” to advance the president's domestic policy bill to the floor for a vote.

The floor debate, which is being led by the House Rules Committee, is expected to occur for an hour. The lower chamber must first pass a rule, which is a procedural motion to advance legislation, to consider final passage of the bill. It is unclear if that will even pass.

During the previous procedural vote, eight Republicans and one Democrat were absent. If this sticks, Republicans could have a big problem just related to attendance, given Speaker Mike Johnson’s razor thin majority.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller