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President Donald Trump is visiting Capitol Hill Tuesday, joining House Republicans during their weekly meeting and demanding they resolve their differences to pass his legislative agenda.The current package, which includes tax breaks and cuts to Medicaid, is projected to add trillions more to the nation's $36 trillion debt. Still, the president will insist Republicans pass the budget, encouraging them, possibly even threatening them, to rally together and pass it.But conservatives are advocating for steeper cuts and changes in order to balance the costs of the bill. They want an earlier start to new work requirements for Medicaid, which provides health insurance to millions of low-income people and those with disabilities, and an early end to Biden-era green energy tax breaks. But moderates are protesting the changes. Some from states with high earners want to increase the amount of state and local income taxes (SALT) that are deductible from federal returns, upping the cost of the bill.Meanwhile, Democrats have expressed total opposition to the bill and say they will not support it, forcing Republican leaders to make last-minute changes to secure the votes needed to pass it."You got an angry group of folks out there who are going to be very vigilant with what these changes are," Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, said. "We're going to dismiss them out of hand, but we should have an open mind to look at them.""Every member of our conference wants to pass this bill," Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, said. "There are just a few small issues that continue to be worked out. Talks are going on right now. I'm confident that they will be worked out."Republicans are using every last minute to negotiate the bill, with a final committee meeting scheduled for 1 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday to advance the bill to a final House vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson says he still plans to hold the vote before Memorial Day. Several cost analyses say the bill will create more than $3 trillion of debt, but White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett is downplaying concerns, suggesting that lower tax rates will boost the economy and wages, generating enough extra revenue to cover the bill's debt.