Speaker Mike Johnson is facing challenges in garnering enough votes for the G.O.P. budget resolution. Centrist Republicans are worried about potential Medicaid cuts, and conservatives are pushing for deeper federal spending reductions. An evening vote on the budget outline is planned, but uncertainty looms regarding its approval. With a tight majority, even a single defection could derail the effort. The budget plan aims to add $3 trillion to the deficit over ten years while initiating significant cuts to health care and food programs to finance $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and raise the debt limit.
Speaker Mike Johnson is striving to secure sufficient votes for the G.O.P. budget resolution amid concerns about Medicaid cuts and push from conservatives for deeper federal spending reductions.
Approval of the budget plan is crucial for Republicans to smoothly advance a significant fiscal package, enabling a process that avoids the filibuster and facilitates passage in the Senate.
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