Meredith Lee

Freedom Caucus chair Andy Harris “we have commitments” Trump megabill won’t increase deficit He is a yes

Speaker Mike Johnson is huddled with a of moderate Republicans on the House floor those mods haven’t voted and are holding off to make sure there aren’t any changes/spending cut deals w hardliners that they don’t like, per sources

Speaker Johnson tells reporters we’ve got the votes Feeling in meeting is they are headed toward final adoption today, per sources

Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee

Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Scalise, Budget Chair Jodey Arrington and GOP budget holdouts are meeting in the speaker’s ceremonial office now Inside the meeting, the feeling is positive and they appear “so close” to flipping enough votes, per sources

Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Scalise, Budget Chair Jodey Arrington and GOP budget holdouts are meeting in the speaker’s ceremonial office now Inside the meeting, the feeling is positive and they appear “so close” to flipping enough votes, per sources

NEW - GOP leaders are starting to line up votes to advance the Trump megabill Many close to yes Llyod Smucker (R-Pa), one of the most dug in holdouts, says he’s close to voting yes too after leaving a meeting with speaker “We’re getting there,” he told me, for final adoption

House GOP holdouts will meet again shortly with Speaker Johnson in his ceremonial office off the House floor, per sources They’re making progress but don’t think enough people have flipped just yet - could change in the next few minutes

Lots of House-Senate GOP tension this morning as leaders try to land a budget vote — Holdouts were not super comforted by Thune’s less firm assurances on spending cuts Some senate republicans are irritated with House GOP fiscal hawks that Thune needed to speak at all

Eric Burlison - a budget holdout - just walked into the speaker’s office suite

House GOP budget holdouts are still meeting, per sources but the public commitment from the Speaker for $1.5 trillion in cuts and the (less firm) assurances from Senate GOP Leader Thune seem to be moving folks closer to yes they’re not there just yet

Speaker Johnson w/ Thune: "I'm happy to tell you this morning I believe we have the votes.” Speaker says they are committed to finding $1.5T in savings for the Trump megabill while protecting essential programs very similar to what leaders told holdouts privately

TRUMP pushing holdouts to fall in line - Great News! “The Big, Beautiful Bill” is coming along really well. Getting close https://t.co/ZG265CYBeo

No Rules today. Moderates shut down any changes. GOP leaders are planning for another vote on the budget resolution this morning - with no changes but the promise of spending cuts Hard-liners rejected that yesterday so we’ll see if it is enough

Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee

As moderates dig in, it seems unlikely there will be a Rules meeting at ANY point tomorrow — tho talks are still in flux and could change

As moderates dig in, it seems unlikely there will be a Rules meeting at ANY point tomorrow — tho talks are still in flux and could change

Meredith Lee Hill @meredithllee

NEWS - Speaker leaving meeting says “tentatively” plan is to bring budget res to Rules in the morning Unclear if there is a floor vote Hardliners say they want an amendment to force $1.5T in cuts, ties to tax cuts Mods balking at any changes - so this seems very tbd still

NEWS - Speaker leaving meeting says “tentatively” plan is to bring budget res to Rules in the morning Unclear if there is a floor vote Hardliners say they want an amendment to force $1.5T in cuts, ties to tax cuts Mods balking at any changes - so this seems very tbd still