House Cultists Force Johnson To Pull Vote On Budget

April 10, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists

The House fell into uncertain territory Wednesday evening after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pulled a scheduled vote on a key budget measure in the face of intractable right-wing opposition. It is not clear what Johnson’s next steps are, with the speaker conceding to reporters that a Thursday vote is not assured.

The GOP speaker said he doesn’t have “any intention to have us working here this weekend,” but added, “If we have to come back next week, then we’ll do that.”

The vote was nixed after dozens of conservative fiscal hawks refused to back the Senate version of the budget blueprint that requires far fewer spending cuts than the version the House passed in February.

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