Johnson vows to try again after GOP holdouts block action on Trump's 'big, beautiful' budget bill
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La. talks to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. Credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite
After abruptly halting votes, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to try again Thursday to approve a Republican budget framework, having worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who refused to advance trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts.
Even a hefty push from President Donald Trump couldn't heave the package to approval. Johnson was forced to abandon Wednesday's scheduled action as the Republican hard-liners left him without enough support and risked upending what the president calls the “big, beautiful bill," which is central to his agenda of tax cuts, mass deportations and a smaller federal government.
But Thursday morning, Johnson stood with Senate Majority Leader John Thune at the Capitol and assured they were on track seeking as much as $1.5 trillion in cuts.
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