There are still a number of hang-ups and holdouts. Conservatives aren’t yet on board. Blue-state Republicans don’t have an agreement on the state and local tax deduction. And the bill isn’t even entirely written yet.
But Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead this week with the GOP’s sweeping reconciliation bill, hoping he can somehow meet his self-imposed Memorial Day deadline to pass the legislation.
Over the weekend, after four Republicans on the House Budget Committee voted with Democrats against the bill on Friday, Republicans scrambled to get the holdouts onboard. They eventually came along — sort of. All four voted “present” in committee late Sunday night, allowing Republicans to narrowly advance the bill to the floor.