The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, said on Wednesday night, the Chamber will not vote as planned in the budget plan of the Republican Party approved by the Senate that would finance the agenda of President Donald Trump because a small “subset” of members is not fully satisfied with it.
Johnson met Wednesday night with more than a dozen members for more than an hour and told reporters after “Be attentive.”
It was not clear on Wednesday night if a vote occurred on Thursday.
The leader of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, left the floor of the Senate when the news was breaking that the camera was pushing a break to advance the resolution.
Thune has been clear that the Plan approved by the Senate needs to move to comply with Trump’s call to act on his agenda. But Thune turned when he was asked if he was worried about the delay in the house.
“I can’t predict what they are going to do there, but all we can do is make sure they understand where we are going and how close we want to work with them to get to the final product,” Tune said.
Before the planned vote in the Chamber, Johnson, with the help of Trump, tried to persuade almost a dozen of the Republican Party to advance the legislation.
Johnson could afford to have only three defections of his Caucus with all members voting and present, and several uncompromising of the Republican Party of the House of Representatives said they had concerns about how the plan would reduce the deficit before Wednesday night.
However, Johnson said Wednesday afternoon that he believed that the Republicans would join and vote in favor of the resolution.
“I think it’s going to happen today,” Johnson said.
“The president is willing to help, and he told me this morning. But I think we do this work,” he said, and said he sympathized with the holdings of the holdouts to the extent approved by the Senate.
“We have a very important mission, and it is to deliver a large and beautiful bill that will make this economy work again and solve these other problems,” he concluded.
The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, returns to the Capitol after a meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, on April 8, 2025.
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Passing the legislation through the camera in front of the drama on the floor would give Trump a great victory.
Triumph Posted on Wednesday morning In its social media platform, the social truth that “it is more important now, than ever, that we spend the only and beautiful bill. The United States will shoot like never before!”
The Chamber approved a “rule”, a procedure to advance in the legislation, on Wednesday afternoon, which included the budget plan, by a vote of 216-215.
Three Republicans voted against the rule, including representatives Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Victoria Spartz, R-ind., And Mike Turner, R-Ohio.
Johnson participated in a heated conversation on the floor with the president of the Caucus of the House of the House, Andy Harris, R-MD., One of the Holdouts, and most of the Whip Tom Emmer house, R-minn., He was also curly with hard line conservatives in a moment.
Despite the opposition, the leaders of the Republican party advanced with a full floor vote on the budget plan on Wednesday night, which required a simple majority.
The rule vote also included the language to block future votes of the House of Representatives to rescind Trump’s rates
Trump met with Johnson and several of the funds of the Republican party that had said they have concerns about the bill on Tuesday afternoon at the Oval office, although representatives Ralph Norman, RS.C. and Tim Burchett, Tenn Republican., Two on the short list to vote not on the bill, they said they were not invited.
Trump published later that it was “a very good meeting.”
“I let them know that, I am for the large expenses of expenses! We are going to make reductions, hopefully exceed $ 1 billion dollars, all of which will enter ‘the only, beautiful and beautiful ticket’,” published Tuesday night. “I, together with the members of the House of Representatives and the Senators, will press a lot to make these large -scale expenses cuts, but we must approve the bill now.”
Johnson also said that he believed that the meeting was going well and that the president convinced Republicans to support the bill.
“A great meeting. The president was very helpful and committed,” he said. “We have many members whose questions were answered. We are making great progress at this time.”
President Donald Trump speaks at the dinner of the National Committee of the Republican Congress in Washington, on April 8, 2025.
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However, the representatives Chip Roy, a Texas Republican, said on Tuesday that he still had concerns with the budget plan and that he would probably vote against the bill, telling journalists that the resolution has “enough” republican objections to capture it.
“I’m not here for aspirations,” Posted in x. “The Senate bill is not added: they are all tax cuts without expense cuts that = deficits.”
Trump made a final launch to house the Republicans while talking at the black tie dinner of the National Committee of the Republican Congress on Tuesday night.
“In case there are a couple of Republicans out there, you just have to get there,” Trump said. “Close the eyes and get there. It is a phenomenal bill. Stop the great. Only hold in grandiosity.”
