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House GOP forced to punt preliminary vote on Trump legislative agenda bill
TheHill.com ^ | February 4, 2025 | Michael Snell and Emily Brooks

Posted on 02/04/2025 8:37:50 AM PST by gwjack

The GOP’s ambitious plan to quickly advance President Trump’s legislative agenda is hitting an early speed bump, with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) being forced to punt an initial vote on the legislation. Johnson and House GOP leaders repeatedly said that they wanted to start the legislative process on the measure encompassing much of Trump’s agenda by advancing a budget resolution out of committee this week. But a source told The Hill on Monday that the vote will not take place this week amid jockeying among Republicans over how deep the spending cuts should ultimately be.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda; budget; reconciliation; resolution
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Can kicked down the road at least one more week. Methinks it was an ambitious whim to believe that the “conclave” last week would resolve all budgetary issues.

Gwjack

1 posted on 02/04/2025 8:37:50 AM PST by gwjack
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That number will rise quickly when the RIF’s start in earnest.


2 posted on 02/04/2025 8:42:56 AM PST by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: gwjack

Damned uniparty vermin.


3 posted on 02/04/2025 8:43:13 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: gwjack

GET YOUR ASSES IN GEAR, PUBBIES! PRIMARIES WILL BE ENSUING!!


4 posted on 02/04/2025 8:48:26 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!


5 posted on 02/04/2025 9:04:40 AM PST by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: gwjack

22 ptimaries will be needed.
RINO’s beware...


6 posted on 02/04/2025 9:06:57 AM PST by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: mabarker1

Im sure the trumpeys are making it clear they will work diligently the throw them out come election time


7 posted on 02/04/2025 9:10:29 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: gwjack
"...how deep the spending cuts should ultimately be"?

Guvmint spending should be based on the previous year's GDP, 1 year at a time, and should include a list of things that HAVE TO and WILL BE funded first and another list of things that will be reduced or cut if GDP falls short. IOW - Perform or you're out of next year's budget.

8 posted on 02/04/2025 9:18:29 AM PST by Semper Vigilantis (XX or XY, anything else is mental illness and should NOT be tolerated.)
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$37 Trillion

When you are faced with an unsolvable problem, you pretty much do not solve it.

Just an FYI, spending is $6.1T and $1.1T of that is interest on the debt.

So you got $5T from which to cut. But wait! Inflation is about 2.4%, so that $5T is going up by $120 billion nominal before you even start your “cuts”.

Anyone think $125B in cuts will be approved? And if they are, that’s only $5B after inflation. It doesn’t even touch the $1T interest on the debt.

So for the current $6.1T in spending, after your “cut” you’ll be at $6.095T in spending, and yup $2T of that is deficit, added to the debt, which generates more interest next year.


9 posted on 02/04/2025 9:30:34 AM PST by Owen
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They need to be whipped.....thoroughly.

Bring back Tom DeLay , the hammer.


10 posted on 02/04/2025 10:16:47 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: Owen
When you are faced with an unsolvable problem, you pretty much do not solve it.

And that is how the smarter Democrats are planning to get back into power. They will blame all the misery of the crash on Donald Trump and promise vengeance, plus a return to the "way it was in the Obama years".

"Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies" (Fleetwood Mac, Little Lies, 1987). It is a political strategy that has often been successful for the Democrats. They will continue with it.

Trump has about 18 months to be effective. Everything that counts towards that will happen in the next 70 days. Recovery from the economic crash must be visibly underway before the 2026 elections.

It is a narrow timeframe for success, with little room for mistakes.

11 posted on 02/04/2025 10:36:05 AM PST by flamberge (The times, they are a' changing.)
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Article mentions that members of the Freedom Caucus are saying there needs to be two bills, not one big bill, and that budget cuts aren’t big enough. Article also mentions that the Caucus members are in key positions on committees. Looks like the Freedom Caucus members are not on board and that may be part of the hold up.

With Stefanik’s recent resignation, Repubs basically need unanimous support in the House to pass anything, so one or two members can stop the process.


12 posted on 02/04/2025 10:42:33 AM PST by Roadrunner383
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The Professional Conservatives have to preen for their constituents.
13 posted on 02/04/2025 10:50:37 AM PST by Bratch
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To: gwjack

The GOP House, NGO board members, are in a sweat about now.


14 posted on 02/04/2025 11:09:58 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: Owen
So you got $5T from which to cut.

And half of that they can't touch by law (SS, Medicare).

15 posted on 02/04/2025 11:30:42 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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To: Owen

Where in Tarnation did all of that money go? Oh, wait….


16 posted on 02/04/2025 11:48:27 AM PST by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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a source told The Hill

The Hill is another Lying Leftist Outlet and I don't believe what they say - full of half-truths and half-truths are lies.

17 posted on 02/04/2025 12:09:32 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Owen
Weimar Republic 1923, here we come!


18 posted on 02/04/2025 12:40:58 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: Jim W N

You may think that, but as I watch C-Span today, the Hill is correct. I learned many years ago to gather info from many sources. This story was not only predictable (by me last week) but right on all fours.

Gwjack


19 posted on 02/04/2025 12:45:49 PM PST by gwjack (May God give America His richest blessings.)
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But it was the more MAGA forcing the reconsideration, no?


20 posted on 02/04/2025 12:46:58 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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