House Budget Committee rejects Trump agenda bill in major setback for GOP leaders

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Source: NBC

WASHINGTON — The GOP-led House Budget Committee voted to reject a sweeping package for President Donald Trump's agenda on Friday, dealing an embarrassing setback for Republican leaders.

The vote in the Budget Committee was 16-21, with five conservative hard-liners joining all Democrats in voting against the multitrillion-dollar legislation. After the vote tally was read, Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, the committee chair, adjourned the hearing and told members they would not be meeting again this weekend.

Negotiations with the GOP holdouts will continue in the coming days and Republicans on the panel will try to regroup as soon as Monday.

Republican leaders concede the massive bill isn't ready for prime time, and that critical changes will need to be made in the coming days to tax and Medicaid provisions to win over recalcitrant members.

In an office near the hearing, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., huddled privately with some of the Freedom Caucus members who serve on the budget panel — Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, and Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma. Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., who is not on the panel, also joined them.



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1. Trump's "big, beautiful bill" suffers a devastating defeat in the House Budget Committee,

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MAJOR BREAKING: Trump's "big, beautiful bill" suffers a devastating defeat in the House Budget Committee, where 5 Republicans joined Democrats to vote it down, 16–21. This is humiliating for Trump.

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2. I smell performance art

They'll eventually fold like cheap lawn chairs.

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3. Heckuva job Repukes