WASHINGTON — Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday with less than a month before Republicans’ self-imposed July 4 deadline to pass President Donald Trump’s signature bill, extending tax cuts and increasing spending on immigration enforcement and the military while cutting spending on health care and food assistance.

In interviews on Capitol Hill last week, Northwest lawmakers illustrated why passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is proving such a vexing needle to thread, even as nearly all Republicans agree they must pass some version of the legislation this year.

“We have very strong support and we have very strong unity in moving forward to make sure that we don’t give America the biggest tax increase in the history of the country, a $4.3 trillion tax increase,” said Sen. Mike Cra

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