Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to punt a critical vote tonight to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda, according to multiple lawmakers and aides familiar with the plans.
House Republican leaders abruptly pulled their budget resolution from the floor on Tuesday evening after failing to secure support from a small group of conservative fiscal hawks who threatened to derail the framework for President Trump’s legislative agenda.
In a dramatic turn of events, top GOP lawmakers scrapped the scheduled vote after lobbying holdouts on the House floor for more than an hour. The previous vote remained open far longer than expected, giving leaders time to negotiate with those opposing the measure.
On Monday and Tuesday, Trump personally engaged with holdouts, including fiscal conservatives wary of its impact on the deficit and moderates concerned about possible Medicaid cuts, in an effort to secure their support for the "one big beautiful bill."
However, their attempts seem to have fallen short, marking a setback for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team as they try to advance Trump's domestic policy agenda.
It's unclear when leaders will try again for a vote on the legislation, which sets out broad guidelines for a package encompassing Trump’s tax, border, and energy priorities, along with spending cuts to offset costs and a $4 trillion increase in the debt limit.
With time running out, Johnson has reiterated his goal to pass a budget resolution by the end of this month in hopes of having a final bill on Trump's desk by the end of May.
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Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
A TV channel was struck during a live broadcast on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least three people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Meanwhile, drones hit civilian infrastructure in Russia's southwestern Saratov region.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) allegedly launched two ballistic missile attacks against a U.S. Navy warship over the past two days.
Wildfires have broken out in Türkiye’s Antalya province, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate as strong winds fuelled the flames.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday they attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, calling the strikes a response to a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian oil refinery in Siberia and a seaport in Dagestan in the past 24 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He will meet Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to discuss air defences for Ukraine over winter.
Oil has crossed the $100-a-barrel mark again, but for Gulf countries this is not simply good news. Brent reached about $100.07 on Wednesday, its highest level since July, as the U.S.-Iran war and attacks on Saudi energy facilities raised fresh fears about supplies.
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