President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” failed to get out of committee at the first attempt Friday due to opposition from GOP fiscal hawks who insisted the measure didn’t do enough to reduce the federal budget deficit.
Five Republicans — Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania — voted against advancing the massive reconciliation measure out of the House Budget Committee, sending it to a 21-16 defeat.
“I do not anticipate us coming back today,” Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) announced after the vote, saying the committee would likely reconvene Monday.
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