The House of Representatives connected Tuesday took the reins of President Donald Trump's megabill, aft the Senate narrowly passed it pursuing days of grueling negotiations and last-minute deals.
Now, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is staring down an uncertain way for the measure done his chamber, wherever respective members of his league person already publically registered their objection to the Senate-approved mentation of the bill.
The last ballot successful the Senate was 51-50, and Vice President JD Vance was needed to formed a tie-breaking vote.
"I don't enactment for the Senate parliamentarian. I enactment for the PEOPLE," Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., wrote connected X Tuesday afternoon.
He called the Senate mentation of the measure a "dud" and said that helium had already filed an amendment to regenerate it "with the beardown House measure we passed weeks ago."
Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., is besides reportedly opposed to the bill, according to Punchbowl.
It was unclear Tuesday day however galore much House Republicans were opposed to the latest mentation of the bill.
Two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio, voted against the House mentation of the measure successful May and are expected to bash truthful again now.
Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, who chairs the hardline House Freedom Caucus, voted contiguous past clip around.
If each sitting subordinate votes, Johnson tin suffer conscionable 3 votes successful his enclosure and inactive walk the authorities connected a party-line vote.
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Republicans whitethorn besides person an attendance contented if they effort to clasp the ballot connected Wednesday.
Strong storms crossed the Washington country Tuesday day forced the cancellation of flights, and immoderate members were incapable to alert backmost to Washington.
House members are not allowed to ballot remotely, truthful if a subordinate is not contiguous successful Washington their ballot volition not beryllium counted
Further complicating Johnson's efforts is Republicans' fast-approaching, self-imposed July 4 deadline.
But Trump has softened his code connected the July 4 deadline successful caller days.
Still, the measure cannot beryllium sent to Trump's table for his signature until the House approves the Senate's last mentation of the bill, which has been changed substantially since it passed the House connected May 22, by a ballot of 215-214.
Ever since then, House Republicans person been sounding the alarm astir parts of the Senate package, including deeper cuts to Medicaid and a higher wide price-tag.
The Senate mentation besides includes a $5 trillion summation successful the indebtedness ceiling, importantly higher than the $4 trillion hike approved by the House.
According to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, the Senate measure could adhd much than $3.9 trillion to the nationalist debt, different symptom constituent for fiscally blimpish House Republicans.
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