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president Donald Trump’s The legislative agenda is based on a temporary halt in the House of Representatives Wednesday afternoon.
Both conservative concerns and weather delays led to the issue of passing two procedural votes ahead of a serious measure, which has ruined early afternoon vote plans to begin debate on Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
It is not clear at this point whether key voting will proceed today. House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-Md.), one of the bill’s biggest critics, told reporters that the vote was still “possible.”
“No, not yet,” he said when asked if he had what he needed from the White House to support the measure. “But in the evening he’s very young.”
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House Freedom Caucus Speaker Andy Harris is opposed to the Senate version of President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.” (Getty Images)
House GOP leaders wanted to launch discussions on the massive tax and immigration bill, an operation known as the “rules vote.”
The president has instructed Republicans to get bills at their desks for signing by July 4th, but recent comments suggest that they don’t mind being delayed a few days.
The rules vote was intended to be third in the early afternoon series with three votes. As of the evening Wednesday, the votes are still open, and the floors of the house are virtually paralyzed.
Lawmakers who were hoping to vote were told to return to their offices to wait for further instructions.
multiple House Freedom Caucas Members who left the meeting next to the House floor refused to comment on what they discussed, but recently revealed that there are serious issues with the Senate version of Trump’s agenda bill.
The enormous law includes Trump’s agenda on taxes, borders, energy, defense and national debt.
The office of Russell Vault, director of management and budget, heldouts were temporarily in the room. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Management and Budget Director’s Office Russell Vert I temporarily entered the room where the Finance Hawks were gathered and left to watch.
He mostly told reporters other than announce that he is “making good progress” on his way out of the room.
R-Texas Rep. Chip Roy suggested that conservatives are talking about how they can make up for what the Trump administration and Republicans deemed flaws in the current version of the bill.
The Finance Hawks were furious at the last minute move made to appease Senate GOP moderates who were worried about the near-imitation of legislation against most green energy tax subsidies in former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
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They also argued that Senate bills would add to the federal deficit more than previous versions of the House, although Senate Republicans pushed back.
“We weren’t happy with what the Senate had produced. Later last week, despite my concerns about them, we thought there was a way later last week. “So, now we’re trying to understand what our options are from this point on.”
On July 25th, 2024, after his final vote before the August break, Rep. Chip Roy outside the US Capitol. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images)
Other representatives, including Keith Self, R-Texas and R-Okla’s Josh Brecheen, declined to comment on the meeting with reporters.
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Rep. Tim Burchett, who was not a member of Freedom Caucus and had some concerns about the bill, told reporters as he left the meeting. [resolution]. ”
Barchette told reporters he was leaning towards the vote to discuss the bill.
But speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) could be forced into just three asylums to pass the bill along party lines.
“We’re going to get there tonight,” Johnson told reporters.
