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House Conservatives Push Back on Senate Budget, Putting Trump’s Agenda into question
Key conservative voices in the House have openly rejected a new Senate budget resolution, casting doubt on the future of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. Despite efforts by House Speaker Mike Johnson to advance the system, conservative lawmakers are holding back, demanding clear commitments to cut spending and reduce the deficit.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris has posted on X his support, Saying he can only support the resolution if it guarantees “real harm reduction” that meets or exceeds the House’s goals., If the Senate can deliver real deficit reduction in line with or greater than the House goals, I can support the Senate budget resolution.
Harris says that the Senate setting committee instructions so low at $4 billion compared to the House’s $1.5-2 trillion, I am unconvinced that will happen. The Senate is free to put pen to paper to draft its reconciliation bill, but I can’t support House passage of the Senate changes to our budget resolution until I see the actual spending and deficit reduction plans to enact President Trump’s America First agenda. hariss says on his post
Republican Representative Chip Roy of Texas voiced post on x, warning, “If the Senate’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ budget is brought to the House floor, I will vote no.”
Both houses of Congress must agree on the same budget to move forward with Trump’s proposal, using the budget reconciliation process to get it past the legislature. While Johnson plans to bring the Senate plan to a vote in the House next week, growing conservative resistance suggests it will be a tough sell.
What’s Next?
House leaders are likely to engage in behind-the-scenes negotiations to close the conservative loopholes. Whether they can reach a consensus remains to be seen, but the stakes are high as Trump’s legislative agenda hangs in the balance..
MarsLink News: Source: CNN
