Posted on 02/25/2025 11:53:00 AM PST by RandFan
House Republicans may postpone a planned Tuesday evening vote on their budget resolution, Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday, given multiple declared opponents on his own side of the aisle.
Johnson tried to win over critics during a morning meeting with the Republican Conference, but leaving the meeting, at least four members are poised to vote “no” on the resolution, with more undecided.
The vote is currently scheduled for after 6 p.m. Tuesday, though GOP leaders could always decide to pull it at the last minute. In his post-meeting news conference, Johnson hedged a little on timing, saying the vote would be held “as early as today.”
“There may be a vote tonight. There may not be. Stay tuned,” the Louisiana Republican told reporters. “We’re very, very close.”
The budget resolution is the first step towards passing the “big, beautiful” filibuster-proof reconciliation package that Republicans have promised to tackle their major legislative priorities in one fell swoop. They can likely only lose one or two votes on the budget blueprint, depending on absences, as no Democratic support is expected.
But Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., and Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., all believe the proposed $2 trillion in mandatory spending cuts do not go far enough.
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I just want to know if trumps tax cuts are going to be made permanent and no tax on tips and social security
Even if the GOP budget passes, spending will go up. Just not as much as it would go up under Democrats.
We need to reduce spending, not just slow it.
Name names so their constituents can start holding their feet to the fire. I get tired of hearing of dissenters not being named until after the fact.
It’s unclear according to reports I’ve read :-
‘It’s also unclear whether other tax changes sought by Trump — such as eliminating taxes on tips, Social Security and overtime pay — will be included in the final bill, though some GOP reps are whipping hard for an increase to the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction cap in deep-blue states like New York and California.’
The holdouts are in the article
Massie of Kentucky
Spartz of Indiana
Burchett of Tenn.
And Mr. Davidson of Ohio
That’s 4 No’s at present according to the article!
I saw where Massie and Spastz were concerned the cuts weren’t enough, but does that rate a no vote?
It looks like Trump is working the phones
Johnson separately held an extended conversation with two key GOP holdouts on the floor — Reps. Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky.
They just need more “incentive” dollars” to vote on a budget to reduce “incentive dollars.” SMH
There has been no talk whatsoever of Ukraine money in the House resolution.
The Senate’s proposal from Graham’s Budget committee has $48B Ukraine money and $350B in increased spending overall.
The House resolution has $4.5T increase in the debt ceiling. I have heard nothing about what Graham proposes.
I think if the vote is scheduled they must think it can pass
It’s gonna be close tho
“This is going to the wire.. close...”
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One more example of how killing earmarks has made it impossible to impose any party discipline. It was always a shortsighted plan.
If they don’t vote at all, then it will pass.
Don’t tell me, let me guess. The Divas in the Diva party are starting their arias to torpedo any effort that the remaining party members try to pass.
It used to be said that getting Democrats to vote together on anything was like trying up herd cats.
Nowadays, this only applies to republicans
Trump is giving them time to show if they are capable of doing the job for which they were elected which I suspect they are not.
If not, Trump needs to go nuclear.
ONE beautiful bill throwing aside the filibuster in the Senate.
Such a bill would represent the will of the people and the majority that voted in Trump.
Any congressman or senator elected to office as Republican voting with the Dems should expect all hell to come down on them and would probably be best served switching parties.
This would be the opposite of Obamacare which was a party line vote AGAINST the will of the people.
That frustration of the will of the people was confirmed in the 2010 midterms when the will of the people gave the House Dems the greatest defeat for a majority party in history.
Masshole is always helping the Rats. The others are a surprise.
These posturing clowns ignore the trillions in savings that Doge is uncovering. Instead, that look at budget scoring from the CBO that takes none of that into account.
No more games. ANY worthless Dem lite RINO that votes NO should be removed from committees and primaried.
Screw the GOP. Go Trump!
Massie sucks. More crap from KY.
Burchett is a kook from east TN. East TN are RINOs.
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