Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ clears first House vote, but final passage in doubt
House Republicans successfully cleared their first hurdle for reconciliation on Tuesday afternoon after the entire conference voted to adopt the rule on the contentious budget resolution.
In a 217-211 vote, all Republicans voted in favor of the rule on the budget resolution, setting it up for a final passage on Tuesday night. However, a handful of Republicans have stated they will not support the resolution, placing the future of the measure in doubt.
Conservatives such as Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Victoria Spartz (R-IN), Tim Burchett (R-TN), and Warren Davidson (R-OH) have told reporters over the last two days that they will vote “no” on the budget resolution, which unlocks the House’s preferred one-bill process for reconciliation.
Massie and Spartz’s opposition to the resolution stems from how it handles deficit, while Davidson has insisted he needs reassurances and a plan for appropriations, a different process, before he’d vote for the resolution.