House Republicans ready to roll the dice on Budget blueprint

Roll Calll ^ | Feb 22 | By Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak

[RandFan]

Medicaid, debt limit, spending cuts among possible sticking points

House Republican leaders are barreling ahead with a vote early next week on their all-in-one budget framework designed to knock out a huge swath of President Donald Trump’s legislative priorities in one filibuster-proof basket.

But they head into the vote on the fiscal 2025 budget resolution, currently expected Tuesday, on shaky ground, with resistance from various factions that make it difficult to see how they can adopt the reconciliation blueprint. They can lose just one GOP vote, assuming no Democrats support it and all members vote.

The current strategy on House Republican leaders’ part appears to be to sell it as a mere procedural vote, simply to unlock the ability to ram through a partisan package over Democrats’ objections. Plus, Trump wants it.

But Trump himself continues to send mixed messages. After the Senate adopted its competing budget plan early Friday morning, which would carve out defense, border and energy policies for quick action but leave tax cuts for later, Trump said he was open to it.

[RandFan]

This is huge.. Can they pass it?

[Nervous Tick]

>> This is huge.. Can they pass it?

PRAY.

[mass55th]

"This is huge.. Can they pass it?"

Do we really want them to pass it? I don't trust the bastards.

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

Appreciate your post.

Love this excerpt:

PROCESS

“GOP leaders have also repeatedly stressed that the House blueprint is just the key they need to unlock the ability to use reconciliation: Basically, give us the chance to write that filibuster-proof legislation and we’ll work with you on whatever you need to vote for it.

Johnson has been making this point for weeks, including during his conference’s retreat at Trump’s Doral golf club near Miami on Jan. 29.

“What we’ve emphasized to our colleagues here is, remember the resolution is just the first step in a long process,” he said at the time. “And so the real battle is not … in the budget resolution, it’s in the final package. So everybody here still maintains their voting card, and they have the right to stop this process.”

[wiseprince]

Really need names of house members who are blocking it

[Ex-Con777]

It’s a tough balancing act and requires full faith in the Trump administration.

The big plus is passing legislation making many of Trump’s EOs law without allowing a Senate filibuster.

The trust part is believing that Trump lead departments will not spend all of the allocated money. They don’t have to spend all of it. A taxpayer refund takes care of the excess and puts it right back in the pockets of the people it was taken from.

This puts some GOP in a bind.

EC

[cgbg]

“A taxpayer refund takes care of the excess and puts it right back in the pockets of the people it was taken from.”

That is a great way to solve the “impoundment” issue—if the Congressional budget is too large.

It is the kind of creative thinking and alternative scenario planning that has become a hallmark of the current administration.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Do we really want them to pass it? I don’t trust the bastards.”

Pass it along a party line vote and give it a year to see how it works. It becomes a reelection ad for every one of them. And it will demoralize the democrats even more than they are now.