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{"id":6607,"date":"2025-02-26T00:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/johnson-scraps-budget-vote-amid-conservative-pushback\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T00:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:50:41","slug":"johnson-scraps-budget-vote-amid-conservative-pushback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/johnson-scraps-budget-vote-amid-conservative-pushback\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson scraps budget vote amid conservative pushback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/242539\" data-person-id=\"242539\">Mike Johnson<\/a> canceled a planned Tuesday evening vote on a House Republican budget plan, throwing his approach to President Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping domestic policy agenda into serious question.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to scrap the vote came after several conservative hard-liners made clear they would not support the fiscal blueprint as written. Adopting the budget measure is a key step toward passing the \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d that Trump and Johnson have called for \u2014 one that includes border security, tax and energy provisions that the president campaigned on. It is unclear when or if House GOP leaders will bring the measure back up.<\/p>\n<p>Given the House GOP\u2019s tiny majority, and the united opposition of Democrats, the handful of hard-right holdouts are sufficient to block action.<\/p>\n<p>They include Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/306837\" data-person-id=\"306837\">Tim Burchett<\/a> of Tennessee, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/253419\" data-person-id=\"253419\">Warren Davidson<\/a> of Ohio, <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/198835\" data-person-id=\"198835\">Thomas Massie<\/a> of Kentucky and <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/276525\" data-person-id=\"276525\">Victoria Spartz<\/a> of Indiana. All four voiced public opposition to the budget plan Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Republican leaders vowed to push ahead. Roughly an hour before the vote was scheduled to begin, Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/59655\" data-person-id=\"59655\">Steve Scalise<\/a> said \u201cwe\u2019re still moving forward\u201d as the whip effort continued.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was among those who put the pressure on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/02\/25\/congress\/trump-is-talking-to-gop-holdouts-ahead-of-house-budget-vote-00206031\" target=\"_blank\">speaking to Burchett<\/a> earlier in day in a phone call placed by Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him that I would talk about it, think about it, pray about it. And that\u2019s what I&#8217;m doing,\u201d Burchett said afterward, saying he would decide \u201cright before I walk up\u201d for the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The fiscal hawks all raised objections about inadequate spending cuts in the measure; Davidson also aired concerns about how Republican leaders plan to handle the impending March 14 government funding deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Leadership had been hoping that members would fall in line behind the budget plan as the only way to deliver the vast agenda Trump is seeking. Some hard-liners agreed to back the plan last month in the House Budget Committee after securing an additional $500 billion in spending cuts over 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>But others held out for more. And a different faction of the GOP conference \u2014 moderate Republicans, many representing swing districts \u2014 had qualms about the scale of the Medicaid cuts implied by the budget plan.<\/p>\n<p>That group, however, showed signs of softening: On Monday night some said that a presentation from House leaders had moved them closer to supporting the budget plan.<\/p>\n<p>Asked earlier Tuesday about the prognosis for a vote, Johnson was noncommittal in addressing reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere may be a vote tonight, there may not be. Stay tuned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><i>Meredith Lee Hill contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a planned Tuesday evening vote on a House Republican budget plan, throwing his approach to President Donald Trump\u2019s sweeping domestic policy agenda into serious question. The decision to scrap the vote came after several conservative hard-liners made clear they would not support the fiscal blueprint as written. 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