Republican deficit hawks allowed President Trump\u2019s bill of legislative priorities to advance out of the House Budget Committee in an unusual late-night vote on Sunday, marking a key hurdle cleared for House GOP leaders and a sign of progress for warring Republican factions <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After gaveling in after 10 p.m. on Sunday, the committee voted 17-16 to advance the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill Act,\u201d which would extend Trump\u2019s tax cuts and boost his border funding priorities while reforming Medicaid and food assistance programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The four Republican holdouts who had tanked the vote on Friday<\/u><\/a> \u2014 Reps. Ralph Norman\u2002<\/u><\/a>(S.C.), Chip Roy\u2002<\/u><\/a>(Texas), Andrew Clyde (Ga.), and Josh Brecheen (Okla.) \u2014 voted present to allow the bill to go forward, with Roy revealing that there was progress on moving up the start date for new Medicaid work requirements and speeding up the phase-out of green energy incentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a sign of the high-stakes nature of the vote, the Speaker as well as White House Legislative Affairs Director James Braid made appearances off a room to the side of the late night Budget Committee affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaker Mike Johnson\u2002<\/u><\/a>(R-La.) said they are counting the vote \u201cas a big win tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot more work to do, we\u2019ve always acknowledged that towards the end there will be more details to iron out, we have several more to take care of,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cBut I\u2019m looking forward to very thoughtful discussions, very productive discussions over the next few days, and I am absolutely convinced we\u2019re going to get this in final form and pass it in accordance with our original deadline, and that was to do it before Memorial Day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo this will be a victory out of committee tonight, everybody will make a vote that allows us to proceed and that was my big request tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The next stop is the House Rules Committee, which is set to take up the legislation later this week and make last-minute changes to the bill to reflect any compromises and demands between deficit hawks and moderates in high-tax states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the victory for leadership, the conservatives indicated they still have more work to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roy said that while he voted present \u201cout of respect for the Republican Conference and the President,\u201d the bill \u201cdoes not yet meet the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n