# GOP drama as Trump meets lawmakers behind closed doors Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-excerpt-742145/gop-drama-as-trump-meets-lawmakers-behind-closed-doors Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-excerpt-742145/gop-drama-as-trump-meets-lawmakers-behind-closed-doors.md Podcast: [The Excerpt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-excerpt-742145) Published: 2026-06-24T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/620bd0d5-94d1-4184-b30a-2a200719100c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/620bd0d5-94d1-4184-b30a-2a200719100c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-excerpt-742145/episodes/gop-drama-as-trump-meets-lawmakers-behind-closed-doors Duration seconds: 917 ## Resource President Donald Trump is testing his own party’s patience on Capitol Hill. Last week, he told Senate Republicans to cancel a major confirmation hearing, complicating their effort to renew a key antiterrorism law and adding to a growing list of frustrations for GOP lawmakers. Trump’s approach has some Republicans warning that the president is undermining the very results he wants. Will they be able to find common ground while they still have the power to execute on Trump’s agenda? USA TODAY Congressional Reporter Zach Schermele joins The Excerpt now to explain why Senate Republicans are scrambling and what it could mean for the party heading into the midterms.  Let us know what you think of this episode by sending an email to podcasts@usatoday.com .  Episode transcript available here .  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-excerpt-742145/episodes/gop-drama-as-trump-meets-lawmakers-behind-closed-doors/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-excerpt-742145/gop-drama-as-trump-meets-lawmakers-behind-closed-doors.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.