House conservatives mobilized Wednesday evening to tank a planned vote on a President Donald Trump-backed budget blueprint laying the groundwork for the president’s first-year legislative agenda, commonly known as his “one big, beautiful bill.”
Speaker Mike Johnson punted on voting for the budget resolution after spending roughly 80 minutes working to persuade holdouts to get onboard. Deficit-focused House conservatives are justifying their opposition to the budget resolution, saying that the Senate-amended blueprint lacks enforceable spending cuts and would increase the deficit. (RELATED: ‘It’s Taking Too Long’: Homan, DHS Urges Congress To Advance ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’)
Johnson said the House could vote on the budget blueprint as early as Thursday morning. Given House Republicans’ 220-213 majority, Johnson can afford to lose just three GOP votes, assuming all…
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