Trump megabill on thin ice ahead of key vote
by Emily Brooks and Mychael Schnell
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The Republican package full of President Trump’s legislative priorities is on thin ice as hard-liners threaten to block the legislation when it arrives at the House Budget Committee on Friday morning.
Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) both said they plan to vote against advancing the GOP’s megabill in its latest form when it comes up for a key vote in the Budget Committee, enough to stop it from moving forward.
Twenty-one Republicans and 16 Democrats sit on the Budget Committee, which is where the 11 components of the party’s “big, beautiful bill” will be merged into one package. Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas), however, is expected to miss the vote because he is at home for the birth of his first son, meaning opposition from Roy and Norman is enough to block the measure if all Democrats are present.
On committee votes — similar to floor votes — a tie fails.
“We shouldn’t have the vote” on Friday, Norman said.
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Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.) is undecided on the key committee vote, he told The Hill.
Other hard-line members of the House Freedom Caucus sit on the committee, including Reps. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.), Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and Ben Cline (R-Va.).
Cline and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) declined to say how they would vote.
“As a member of the House Budget Committee, I share @RepChipRoy’s concerns. Further, after a meeting with the CBO this morning, it’s clear we don’t know the true cost of this bill or whether it adheres to the Budget blueprint,” Brecheen posted on the social platform X, referring to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
“We have a duty to know the true cost of this legislation before advancing it. If we are to operate in truth, we must have true numbers—even if that means taking some more time to obtain that truth.”
The scheduled markup comes as House Republicans are negotiating changes to the underlying legislation ahead of a planned floor vote next week — namely a proposed increase to the state and local tax deduction cap in exchange for changing other aspects of the bill like Medicaid reforms.
But the details of those changes are expected to be negotiated through the weekend as lawmakers wait for budget projections of various proposals, according to lawmakers who met with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday morning.
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