Johnson vows to try again after GOP holdouts block action on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

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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