A mega-bill encompassing the legislative program of President Donald Trump seems to be in danger while several wealthy Republicans reported their opposition on Thursday to advance the package of the Chamber’s Budget Committee later this week.
“I vote no,” said Republican representative Ralph Norman Thursday afternoon, citing concerns about the bill adding to a swollen national debt.
While the republican representative Brandon Gill should be absent, the GOP cannot afford to lose a vote at the Chamber’s Budget Committee to advance the bill. The committee should meet on Friday morning.
The representative Ralph Norman speaks to journalists when he arrives for a meeting of the Republican Caucus at the American Capitol on May 15, 2025 in Washington, DC
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Norman, who thundered his arm to line up at more than one opportunity, said his republican colleague, Chip Roy plans to vote no and “thinks” the republican representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia will also vote against the advancement of the bill. Oklahoma republican representative Josh Brecheen, member of the Chamber’s Budget Committee, seemed to be skeptical about the bill.
“We have a duty to know the true cost of this legislation before moving it forward. If we want to operate in truth, we must have real figures-even if it means taking a little more time to get this truth,” he said on X, echoing the similar concerns raised by Roy.
The Republicans “will return to work” if the bill fails on Friday, said Norman.
If the bill leaves the committee, President Mike Johnson is still faced with a difficult route to come, because the republican majority can resist three votes of his rank before losing sufficient support for the passage. The effort to adopt the bill supported by Trump is another crucial test of Johnson’s speaker while working to unify his divided conference.
President Mike Johnson speaks to journalists as he leaves the house of the house at the American Capitol on May 15, 2025 in Washington.
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Earlier Thursday, Johnson held a meeting with high issues to chop the remaining collision points linked to Medicaid and the tax reform – key components of the “Big Beau Bill Act” – which have so far prevented leadership from locking sufficient support for the adoption of the bill.
Johnson told journalists after the meeting that the Republicans had “a very thoughtful discussion”, adding that he planned to work throughout the weekend to achieve what was an elusive consensus on salt ceilings – the amount of state taxes and premises which can be radiated on federal tax declarations – because moderates attract an opposite red line These deductions.
“I think everyone should be productive and we advance the ball,” said Johnson, adding that he was trying to meet the point of balance that everyone can be satisfied “.
President Mike Johnson speaks to journalists as he leaves the house of the house at the American Capitol on May 15, 2025 in Washington.
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Thursday morning, the republicans of the house officially unveiled the text of “A great act of bill“- A mega-bill of 1,116 pages.
Johnson said earlier that he did not move on the goal of the Memorial Day to send the mega-bill of the house.
Johnson said the Republicans aimed to pass the package in a “neutral way of the deficit” when they are in a hurry if the package will add billions of dollars to the deficit.
“If you make more salt, you have to find more in savings,” he said.
