Conservative ire threatens to jeopardize key vote on Trump agenda bill
Source: The Hill
Conservative ire threatens to jeopardize key vote on Trump agenda bill
by Mychael Schnell - 02/03/25 6:00 AM ET
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) plan to hold a key vote for the GOP’s sweeping agenda bill this week is in jeopardy as hard-line conservatives voice opposition to the level of spending cuts in the legislation, multiple sources told The Hill.
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Johnson’s plan for the House Budget Committee to mark up the budget resolution for the GOP’s sweeping bill full of Trump’s agenda items is on thin ice, several sources told The Hill, as conservatives voice opposition to the level of spending cuts laid out in the legislation.
“Reconciliation is hitting [a] big wall with the ‘big beautiful bill’ because it is not getting [the] job done on cuts necessary to ensure deficits go down,” the Budget Committee member told The Hill.
During the House GOP retreat in Doral, Fla., last week, Johnson told reporters that the Budget Committee would mark up the budget resolution this week, as he looks to pass it through the House by the end of this month. Passing a budget resolution unlocks the budget reconciliation process, which will allow Republicans to work around Senate Democrats to pass Trump’s agenda.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5122385-conservative-ire-threatens-to-jeopardize-key-vote-on-trump-agenda-bill/
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