WASHINGTON—President Trump plans to push lawmakers on his tax-and-spending megabill this week in an effort to overcome Republican concerns about deficit spending.As the White House also prepares to try to get trade talks with China back on track,

The comment come after Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, addressed federal cuts to Medicaid – which Republicans have proposed as part of President Donald Trump's sweeping tax bill – during a town hall in Parkersburg, Iowa, on May 30. As she was speaking, someone shouted from the audience, "people will die!"

Ernst replied, “People are not ― well, we all are going to die. So, for heaven’s sakes, folks.”

One of the reasons politicians don’t often engage in massive overhauls of the American economy is that it’s very difficult to defend a massive overhaul of the American economy. However good any given plan is,