Republicans in the House Budget Committee have just voted to advance President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, but it’s not as positive as you might think.
According to reports, some Republicans voted ‘present’ to allow the bill to pass:
4 GOP mbrs votes present on final vote on reconciliation package. Reconciliation package adopted by Budget Cmte. Vote is 17 yeas, 16 nays, 4 GOP mbrs voted present
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) May 19, 2025
🚨🚨THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE has passed the Republicans' reconciliation package.
17-16, with 4 present.
JOHNSON gets the bill out of the committee. But there is A LOT of more work to do here
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 19, 2025
HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE is now voting on the reconciliation package.
NORMAN, ROY, BRECHEEN and CLYDE all voted present.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 19, 2025
I believe the bill will now go to the Rules Committee, where it will likely change again. I’ll update as soon as I have more on the next steps.
UPDATE: Yes, Rules Committee is next:
Johnson on reconciliation bill: I think Rules may be Tuesday, Wednesday. We'll see. We have a lot of discussion to have a motion next week. We're going to try to get this vote done by Thursday. that's my and can we get an update on salt where's that stand right now
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) May 19, 2025
GOP SC Rep Norman in Budget Cmte:
In an effort to move this bill forward, I’m excited about the changes we've made. And I will vote present— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) May 19, 2025
Speaker Johnson says the bill will hit rules Cmte Tuesday or Wednesday
Johnson hopes they can hold the floor vote by THURSDAY
then recess pic.twitter.com/6PXHiAAxBI
— haley talbot (@haleytalbotcnn) May 19, 2025