WASHINGTON >> Senate Republicans appeared Friday to push President Donald Trump’s big bill back on track after a flurry of last-minute revisions, including deep cuts to food stamps, but there’s still a long way to go ahead of expected weekend votes.

Trump himself at first gave Congress some breathing room as senators race to meet his Fourth of July deadline, declaring, “It’s not the end all,” during a press conference at the White House. But he reversed course a short while later, insisting Republicans in the House ensure it’s done by the Independence Day holiday.

“We can get it done,” Trump said in a post. “It will be a wonderful Celebration for our Country.”

As the party in majority power, Republicans are grinding through a punch-list of still-unsettled issues as they try to push the package to passage over unified Democratic opposition. Republicans are relying on steep cuts to health care, food stamps and green energy investments to help pay for $3.8 trillion in tax breaks, their top priority. Any roadblock could doom the package.

The proposed Medicaid cuts, in particular, have raised stark concerns among some GOP senators worried that millions in their states will lose access to the health care program. At the same time, a tentative deal between the White House and House GOP lawmakers from New York and other high-tax districts over the size of a state and local tax deduction, called SALT, needs broader agreement.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, who sent his lawmakers home for the weekend with plans to be on call to return swiftly to Washington, said they are “very close” to finishing up. “We would still like to meet that July 4th, self-imposed deadline,” said Johnson, R-La.