By Ogaga Ariemu The President of the United States, Donald Trump, faces a major fiscal hurdle as the US House, led by Speaker Mike J...
By Ogaga Ariemu
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, faces a
major fiscal hurdle as the US House, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, struggles to
rally Republicans to vote on the budget resolution.
Tuesday’s budget resolution vote marks the first test for
Speaker Johnson in securing support for Trump’s agenda, which is expected to
include $2 trillion in overall spending cuts and $4.5 trillion in tax
reductions.
Indications from the US House suggest that a number of
Republican members have expressed opposition to the resolution. Meanwhile,
Democrats are also prepared to challenge Trump’s agenda.
“We’re planning to take up our budget resolution as early as
today,” Johnson said at a news conference following a GOP meeting.
“There may be a vote tonight; there may not be,” he later
added.
He continued: “There’s always more work to do right up to
the end for a big vote like this, and this is a big one. We’re very, very
close.”
Earlier, Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform,
eulogising the “one big, beautiful bill” that “implements my FULL America First
Agenda, EVERYTHING, not just parts of it!” while urging both chambers to pass
the resolution.
It is worth noting that the Senate passed its own spending
plan last week, which omits tax policy, leaving it to be addressed at a later
date.
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