Washington – The GOP budget budget committee voted on Friday to reject a scanning package on the agenda of President Donald Trump, offering an embarrassing setback to President Mike Johnson, R -La., And republican leaders.
The vote in the budget committee was 16 to 21 years, with five conservative hard-liners joining all the Democrats to vote against the legislation of several dollars, leaving its uncertain fate. The Republicans who voted “no” were the representatives of Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman from South Carolina, Andrew Clyde de Georgie, Josh Brecheen from Oklahoma and Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania.
After reading the statement of voices, representative Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, president of the committee, postponed the hearing and told members that they would no longer find themselves this weekend.
“Well, the” NOS “have it. The committee is held in recess,” said Arrington in a surprising moment in the committee room. “I want to thank everyone for their time and patience, and promotion vouchers and travel safely.”
Negotiations with GOP Holves, which put pressure on higher spending reductions and concerns about the impact of the US deficit bill, will continue in the coming days and the Panel Republicans will try to come together on Monday, said Arrington.
“It’s like the last day of the third year. We can go home,” joked the representative Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., Joked after the audience.
But he predicted that the bill would eventually go. “He must pass,” said Grothman.
Friday’s delay means that it will now be more difficult for Johnson to respect his self-imposed deadline for Memorial Day to pass what Trump called his “big and beautiful bill” and send it to the Senate.
The failed vote intervened only a few hours after Trump came to Truth Social to urge the “Marévades” from the GOP and urge Les Républicains to put themselves behind the bill.
“The Republicans must unite behind:” The only one, Grand Bill Bill! “” Wrote Trump.
“We do not need” wasteland “in the republican party. Stop talking, and do it! It’s time to repair the mess that Biden and the Democrats gave us. Thank you for your attention to this affair!” He added
Republican leaders conceded that the massive bill is not ready for prime time, and that critical changes will have to be brought in the coming days to tax and the MEDICAIDI arrangements to win recalcitrant members.
Earlier, in an office near the hearing, the head of the majority of the room, Steve scalizes, R -La., Hit in private with some of the retained of Freedom Caucus on the budget panel – Norman, Roy, Clyde and Brecheen. The president of Freedom Caucus, Andy Harris, R-MD., Who is not on the panel, also joined them.
During the hearing, Roy shot a warning on republican leaders, claiming that he is opposed to the bill as it is written because he will increase the deficit.
“I must now urge my colleagues on this side of the aisle. This bill is deeply short. He does not do what we say that he does with regard to deficits,” said Roy. “This is the truth. The deficits will increase in the first half of the 10 -year budget window and we all know that it is true. And we should not do it. We must not say that we do something that we do not do.”
“This bill has savings on back and has frontal expenses,” added Roy. “I am not on this bill unless serious reforms are made today, tomorrow, Sunday,” he said. “Something should change or you won’t get my support.”
He was joined by Norman, who also declared that the bill needed changes before being able to win his vote.
On the other side of the aisle, the representative Brendan Boyle, d-P., Presented in preview of the republican divisions at the start of the hearing, promising that all the Democrats would oppose it.
“You will hear during this hearing a vigorous debate. And frankly, there is a strong gap between the Republicans and certain other Republicans. There is also a gap between the two sets of Republicans and this side of the platform,” said Boyle, the best democrat of the budgetary panel. “I can at least explain why each democratic member will vote not on the billionaire bill.”
