House Speaker Mike Johnson tries to push Trump's 'big' agenda forward, but GOP votes are in jeopardy
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. arrives to talk to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans to find agreement on a spending bill at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 11, 2025. Credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite
House Speaker Mike Johnson will try against the odds to muscle a Republican budget blueprint to passage this week, a step toward delivering President Donald Trump's “big, beautiful bill” with $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $2 trillion in spending cuts over stiff opposition from Democrats — and even some Republicans.
With almost no votes to spare in Johnson's bare-bones GOP majority, the speaker is fighting on all fronts — against Democrats, uneasy rank-and-file Republicans and skeptical GOP senators — as he works to keep the package on track. Votes set for Tuesday evening are in jeopardy, and the outcome is uncertain.
“We’re going to get everyone there,” Johnson, of Louisiana, said at an event at the start of the week, half-joking that he had a “prayer request” involved.
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