House GOP votes to advance Trump agenda after successful pressure campaign from Speaker Johnson
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Source: CNN Politics
Updated 8:23 PM EST, Tue February 25, 2025
CNN -- Speaker Mike Johnson pulled off a stunning turnaround Tuesday night to rescue a critical vote to advance President Donald Trump's agenda that had seemed doomed just minutes earlier. In a stunning shift, Johnson and his leadership team made a 180-turn late Tuesday, moving forward with the vote to advance the Republican budget blueprint after it initially appeared that he had punted on the vote.
The relentlessly upbeat Johnson had acknowledged earlier in the day that he may need to pull the vote, with at least three Republicans vowing to oppose it and a dozen more skeptical.
"There may be a vote tonight, there may not be. Stay tuned," Johnson said at a news conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning, the first sign that leadership's timing had begun to slip after top House Republicans projected confidence earlier in the day that a vote would indeed go forward that evening. Since then, he and his leadership team - with help from Trump - have been furiously trying to twist the arms of their own members for the evening vote. "It's very complicated negotiations. A lot of numbers, a lot of factors, a lot of different opinions. But we will get there, as we always do," Johnson said.
Even as Johnson and his leadership team insist they'll ultimately succeed in passing the sprawling budget resolution to unlock Trump's legislative plans, it's not clear how they'll get there. And the outcome will have major consequences for the White House's agenda and for Johnson's own political survival as the party faces crushing deadlines ahead, including avoiding a government shutdown next month and the threat of an economic default later this spring.
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ETA - ROLL CALL VOTE - https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202550
nay: 215 (includes 1 (R) - (Massie)
present: 0
not voting: 1 (D) (Grijalva)
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Updated 8:03 PM EST, Tue February 25, 2025
CNN -- Speaker Mike Johnson is holding a critical House vote to advance President Donald Trump's agenda. In a stunning shift, Johnson and his leadership team made a 180-turn late Tuesday, moving forward with the vote to advance the Republican budget blueprint after it initially appeared that he had punted on the vote. The relentlessly upbeat Johnson had acknowledged earlier in the day that he may need to pull the vote, with at least three Republicans vowing to oppose it and a dozen more skeptical.
"There may be a vote tonight, there may not be. Stay tuned," Johnson said at a news conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning, the first sign that leadership's timing had begun to slip after top House Republicans projected confidence earlier in the day that a vote would indeed go forward that evening.
Since then, he and his leadership team - with help from Trump - have been furiously trying to twist the arms of their own members for the evening vote. "It's very complicated negotiations. A lot of numbers, a lot of factors, a lot of different opinions. But we will get there, as we always do," Johnson said.
Even as Johnson and his leadership team insist they'll ultimately succeed in passing the sprawling budget resolution to unlock Trump's legislative plans, it's not clear how they'll get there. And the outcome will have major consequences for the White House's agenda and for Johnson's own political survival as the party faces crushing deadlines ahead, including avoiding a government shutdown next month and the threat of an economic default later this spring.
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Updated 7:37 PM EST, Tue February 25, 2025
CNN -- Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to punt a critical vote on Tuesday to advance Trump's agenda, though GOP leaders may still try to hold the vote in the coming days, according to multiple lawmakers and aides familiar with the plans.
The relentlessly upbeat Johnson acknowledged Tuesday that he may need to pull a critical vote to advance Trump's agenda later that night, with at least three Republicans vowing to oppose it and a dozen more skeptical. Johnson has a math problem with a razor-thin majority.
"There may be a vote tonight, there may not be. Stay tuned," Johnson said at a news conference on Capitol Hill Tuesday morning, the first sign that leadership's timing had begun to slip after top House Republicans projected confidence earlier in the day that a vote would indeed go forward that evening.
Since then, he and his leadership team - with help from Trump - have been furiously trying to twist the arms of their own members for the evening vote. "It's very complicated negotiations. A lot of numbers, a lot of factors, a lot of different opinions. But we will get there, as we always do," Johnson said. Even as Johnson and his leadership team insist they'll ultimately succeed in passing the sprawling budget resolution to unlock Trump's legislative plans, it's not clear how they'll get there.
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