House Republicans adopted the budget resolution that will lay the foundation for enacting President Trump’s legislative agenda Tuesday night, just minutes after they initially pulled the measure from the floor.
The legislation was approved in a 217-215 vote.
It capped a wild evening in the House chamber that saw Republican leaders hold open an unrelated vote for more than an hour to buy time to win over holdouts, announce they were canceling a vote on the legislation, and reverse course just 10 minutes later.
The tally also marked a dramatic turnaround for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House GOP leaders, who hours earlier were facing opposition to the measure from four deficit hawks, skepticism among some other hardliners, and apprehension from moderates concerned about potential slashes to social safety net measures.
Leading into the vote, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) and Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) were expected to be the final holdouts against the measure, while Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) dubbed himself a “lean no.” They were largely concerned with the level of spending cuts in the legislation, speaking out against the impact it would have on the deficit.
Spartz, Burchett and Davidson flipped to yes. Massie remained a “no” vote.
While the successful vote is a win for Johnson and his leadership team, a series of landmines loom as they look to advance Trump domestic policy priorities, including border funding, energy policy and tax cuts.
Posted by John3262005
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None of these guys have a spine to hold out for one day, Massie is a nut so doesn’t count. Predictable
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Hahahahaha spineless rats cant even resist for a few hours. This is why I never believe all these dumb politico articles about secret backroom pushback, this republican party is nothing but a rag trump wipes his ass with.
Wonder if all the “conservatives” screaming about the deficit are going to give a single fuck about this.
So what does this actually do? I’m confused about where in the process we are
Damn. I just posted a comment in the last article that I expected them all to cave by the deadline. Turns out they all caved in less than an hour later.
mmm, what are they cutting?
This will not pass the senate will it?
I honestly don’t get why republicans even bother being in congress anymore. They don’t have influence, they don’t get to advance their so-called “principles” (such that they have any), the money isn’t good, and there’s pretty minimal prestige to congress at this point given the institution’s approval rating has been dogshit my entire lifetime…
Back in the early Trump years, I was kind of puzzled when even some true believer extremist GOPers dipped out of Congress right as their movement achieved real power… But now I totally get it. Any endeavor in the world, including paying money to watch paint dry for 80 hours a week throughout the prime years of your life, would be a better and more fulfilling use of one’s time than being a republican congressman in the Trump era.
Ending Roe neutered a single red wave and then Republicans found themselves with a trifecta the very next election. It’s worth cashing in some approval if it means achieving your ideological goals, especially because the only way to reverse any of this will be future Democratic trifecta with respectable margins.
We’ve seen this play out before. Conservatives worshipped the TCAJA and will worship this if it passes.
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