April 16, 2026

Budget Resolution

House GOP Hopes for Agreement on Budget Bill After Trump Visit– www.dailysignal.com

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After President Donald Trump’s Tuesday meeting with the House GOP Conference, moderate Republicans are hoping that his stern command to unify will bring holdouts into line to vote for the budget reconciliation bill.

“Listen, the president spoke in a very strong way about the need to quit screwing around and pass this bill. And that did irritate some members who were there,” Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., told The Daily Signal after a press conference in which he promoted the bill.

If passed, the bill would fulfill a number of Trump’s campaign promises, such as funding border security and extending his first-term 2017 tax cuts.

However, major disagreements remain. House Republican fiscal hawks are demanding that the bill implement work requirements in Medicaid, while blue state Republicans are asking for a higher cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions against federal taxes, which lessen the effects of blue states’ high tax rates.

House panel meets overnight on Trump’s budget bill as he pressures holdouts– www.cbsnews.com

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Washington — President Trump met Tuesday with House Republicans as leaders try to push a massive budget package containing the president’s legislative priorities over its last hurdle before it can get to the floor.

The president put pressure on members to fall in line as the party’s dueling factions have threatened to upend the plan as they set down apparent red lines that don’t align with the demands made from other members. When he arrived on Capitol Hill, Mr. Trump suggested that any Republican who doesn’t back what he refers to as the “big, beautiful bill” would be “knocked out so fast,” citing a handful of “grandstanders.”

“It’s the biggest bill ever passed, and we’ve got to get it done,” Mr. Trump said.

One Big Beautiful Bill Might be Stalled in the Senate before it ever Passes the House

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As one Johnson in the House, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-AR), works to pass the massive “One Big Beautiful Bill” in the House, another Johnson, Ron Johnson, (R-WI) is working to assure it never passes the Senate.

Senator Johnson said of the bill, “The ‘big, beautiful bill,’ I think that’s the Titanic. I think that’s going down because I think I have enough colleagues in the Senate that this has resonated with, that say, ‘yeah, we have to return to a reasonable pre-pandemic spending.’”

Capitol agenda: Make-or-break markup day– www.politico.com
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House Republicans are gearing up for their most consequential megabill markups Tuesday with massive, unresolved policy fights that could unravel President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

WAYS AND MEANS — At least one blue-state Republican is threatening to torpedo the GOP’s tax package over Chair Jason Smith’s proposal to triple the cap on the state and local tax deduction to $30,000 and limit it to people who make $400,000 or less.

“The bill is dead effectively on the floor,” Rep. Nick LaLota, one of a quartet of so-called SALT Republicans advocating for a higher cap, told POLITICO Monday night. Smith “insulted us with fake numbers” and “demonstrated bad faith in presenting a bill that … doesn’t even come close to earning our vote,” said LaLota, who is not on Ways and Means, but whose support will be necessary when the bill comes to the House floor.

But the SALT plan isn’t final. Ways and Means will use the placeholder language when it marks up its portion of the megabill at 2:30 p.m., with the expectation that negotiations will continue until the floor vote on the full legislation. Speaker Mike Johnson huddled with SALT Republicans and other top GOP lawmakers on Monday, and many Republicans involved in the talks believe they’ll end up compromising on slightly higher numbers, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Conservatives have long dreamed of passing a bill to shred tons of regulations. They may be closer than ever.– www.yahoo.com

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Conservative Republicans have spent more than a decade working toward a wholesale rollback of federal regulations — and now they think they have the legislative battle plan to make it happen.

Advocates of the rule-shredding proposal are seeking to give their legislation a coveted spot in the GOP’s party-line energy, tax and border security megabill, a maneuver that would defuse the filibuster threat that has repeatedly thwarted their dreams. They say they have spent the better part of the past year crafting ways to ensure their latest iteration can pass muster in the Senate.

The proposal would turn Congress into a gatekeeper for certain major rules and allow lawmakers to roll back countless regulations for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term, drastically transforming the way the federal government oversees everything from businesses and banks to health care and energy development. The House Judiciary Committee advanced it last week as part of the Republicans’ broader budget reconciliation package — a potentially major step toward finally catapulting the deregulatory proposal to Trump’s desk.

GOP faces tough trade-offs on spending and taxes in sweeping bill– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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GOP faces tough trade-offs on spending and taxes in sweeping bill– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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With a budget resolution now in place, congressional Republicans are forging ahead with crafting their major fiscal overhaul. However, leadership is facing some major dilemmas over spending cuts and tax policy.

Republicans are looking to extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act through budget reconciliation, a legislative process that allows bills to bypass the filibuster and pass with only a simple majority in the Senate. They also want to add new tax cuts proposed by President Donald Trump to the mix.

However, given some Republicans’ contradictory desires regarding the fiscal legislation, there will have to be some major trade-offs if the party wants to push through such big tax and spending cuts with the slim Republican majority in the House and demands from Republicans in the Senate.

“I have a very strong feeling we’ve got a lot of problems here that Republicans are going to have to work out between the House and the Senate,” G. William Hoagland, senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center, told the Washington Examiner.

GOP Hopes Last-Minute Stop-Gap Bill will stop shutdown but dems aren’t interest in playing ball

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House Rules Committee advances GOP’s stopgap ahead of shutdown deadline– thehill.com
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The House Rules Committee voted Monday night to advance the GOP’s bill to avert a government shutdown, dispatching the measure to the full chamber for consideration ahead of Friday’s deadline.

The panel voted 9-3 to adopt the rule, which governs debate on the legislation. The successful vote sends the measure to the House floor for debate and a final vote.

“This legislation helps avoid the government shutting down and allows us to continue our work in service to the American people,” House Rules Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said in her opening remarks of the hearing. “The House must act to avoid a needless shutdown that serves no purpose — by doing so, this body can put its focus and attention on the next appropriations process.”

The continuing resolution, unveiled by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over the weekend, would keep the government funded through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, while boosting defense funding and imposing cuts for some nondefense programs.

The House is expected to vote on the legislation on Monday. It remains unclear, however, if it has the votes to pass since Democrats are expected to oppose it in droves — their leadership is voting “no” — and a handful of Republicans are withholding support from the measure.

Some Republicans skeptical even as Trump backs spending plan– www.dailysignal.com

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Some Republicans skeptical even as Trump backs spending plan– www.dailysignal.com
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Despite President Donald Trump urging Republicans to unite behind a continuing resolution spending proposal to keep the government open, some GOP lawmakers expressed skepticism Sunday, while Democrats are resolutely opposed.

Congress faces a Friday deadline to pass a continuing resolution and avert a partial government shutdown. Despite some hesitation, no Republican lawmakers have outright opposed the bill. Democrats, meanwhile, seem uniformly opposed.

“I believe we won’t shut the government down come Friday, but the CR is terrible on defense and the border,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on Fox News Sunday. “I want a commitment that we’re going to have more money for the border and defense before I vote for the CR. But I think we’ll keep the government funded.”

House Republican leaders say the proposal cuts overall spending from 2024 levels, has no earmarks, boosts defense funding, and fully funds veterans’ healthcare. If approved, the bill would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The House is expected to vote Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. said last week on Fox News.

Top Democrats Blasts The Idea That Democrats Should Keep The Government Open For Republicans– www.politicususa.com

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Top Democrats Blasts The Idea That Democrats Should Keep The Government Open For Republicans– www.politicususa.com
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It is a notion that the mainstream media loves that drives Democrats crazy. The media insists on making Democrats responsible for doing the important work of governing even when Republicans are in charge of the entire government. The media pushes this false idea because Republicans push this false notion.

 

As the House Rules Committee marked up the continuing resolution to keep the government open, Rep. Jim McGovern took on this double standard:

 I think maybe you guys need to take a refresher course in arithmetic. Last time I checked, you have the majority in the House and in the Senate, and you control the White House. The idea that somehow Democrats have the responsibility to pass a CR or any bill, quite frankly, where we don’t have any input on.

I think it’s ridiculous, I mean you run around bragging about this big mandate, well put on your mandate pants and pass whatever you, whatever you want to do. And I, and I, and I think you probably will have the votes because even the so called principled conservatives who don’t like CRs, I think they’re suffering from a case of Victoria Sparks Syndrome.

Where on Monday they’re a hard no and then on Tuesday they’re a hard yes. They’ll cave. So, but the idea that somehow, Being in charge means that you don’t have to take the responsibility of running this place is absurd.

Trump Declares War on Thomas Massie: Vows to Lead Primary Challenge After Massie Opposes Trump-Endorsed Funding Bill | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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Trump Declares War on Thomas Massie: Vows to Lead Primary Challenge After Massie Opposes Trump-Endorsed Funding Bill | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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President Donald Trump has officially declared political war on Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) for opposing the Trump-backed funding bill aimed at preventing a government shutdown.

With the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown looming, President Trump has urged Republican lawmakers to rally behind a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through September.

“The House and Senate have put together, under the circumstances, a very good funding Bill (“CR”)! All Republicans should vote (Please!) YES next week. Great things are coming for America, and I am asking you all to give us a few months to get us through to September so we can continue to put the Country’s “financial house” in order. Democrats will do anything they can to shut down our Government, and we can’t let that happen. We have to remain UNITED — NO DISSENT — Fight for another day when the timing is right. VERY IMPORTANT. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday.

However, Massie defiantly declared his opposition to the measure, branding it a capitulation to the status quo of reckless spending and bureaucratic bloat.

“Unless I get a lobotomy Monday that causes me to forget what I’ve witnessed the past 12 years, I’ll be a NO on the CR this week. It amazes me that my colleagues and many of the public fall for the lie that we will fight another day,” Rep. Thomas Massie wrote on Sunday.