The Damn thing can’t even get out the House Budget committee to be voted on by the full Body….
Democrats were joined by Republicans in voting against the Bill as it is right now….
The idea that Spending IS INCREASED while Taxes are decreased does even work for those in the Republican Majority….
They ALSO know that basic of this whole thing will NEVER survive in the US Senate…..
REALITY IS setting in Trump & Co. Republicans who, unlike their chaotic leader?
Have to go back to voters hat in hand to keep their jobs….
The House Budget Committee voted against advancing the GOP’s party-line tax and spending package Friday thanks to ongoing opposition from hard-line conservatives.
The panel rejected the bill, 21-16, with five Republicans joining all Democrats in opposition. But now, the committee is set to reconvene and try again late Sunday night, as House GOP leaders plan to continue private talks through the weekend with the reluctant Republicans and the White House in hopes of staying on schedule to move on to floor debate next week.
The failed vote was an undeniable setback for Speaker Mike Johnson and other top Republicans who want the sprawling package advanced through the House by the time members are set to leave Washington for a week-long recess at the end of the month.
House Republicans fumed over the massive stumble Friday. Some GOP members questioned why House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) plowed ahead with the vote while the negotiations with hard-liners continued. In the end, the very public failed vote accomplished nothing but made everyone look bad: the hard-liners, the president and House GOP leadership, according to GOP members and senior Republican aides.
“What the fuck are we doing?” one House Republican remarked, granted anonymity to speak candidly….
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Republicans are also facing pressure from President Donald Trump, who posted on X en route home from a trip to the Middle East that Republicans “MUST UNITE behind, ‘THE ONE, BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.’”…
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Now Democrats are reveling in the GOP discord over their own megabill, which key to delivering on Trump’s biggest campaign-trail promises.
“There is a strong divide between Republicans and some other Republicans,” Pennsylvania Rep. Brendan Boyle, the top Democrat on the Budget Committee, said during the Friday markup, prompting laughter throughout the room….
The Republican Finger Pointing Begins
Punchbowl News: “There is a ton of blame going around right now for today’s GOP debacle in the House Budget Committee.”
“There’s a healthy amount of anger toward Johnson. Some of this is legitimate. He did leave a lot of these decisions to the last minute.”
“But the White House seems extremely annoyed with Arrington for holding a vote on a package that wasn’t going to pass the committee. Republican leadership did want to proceed with the vote, or at least that’s what they told us.”