President Mike Johnson met on Tuesday at the White House with President Donald Trump and the Republicans of the House of Representatives who did not vote for the Budget Bill approved by the Senate to finance the Trump agenda.
The leaders of the Republican Party trust Trump again to help take the bill in the finish line this week before the camera takes a two -week recess.
Johnson has promised to approve the amendment of the Senate to the budget plan of the House of Representatives, with a vote scheduled on Wednesday. But like the first time the Chamber approved the Budget Plan in February, Johnson has several public votes to turn, and has the president to deliver them.
Upon returning from the White House, Johnson said he believes that Trump is persuading the Republicans to align in the budget plan.
In this archive photo of March 4, 2025, President Donald Trump greets the representative Chip Roy when he goes after heading to a joint session of the Congress in the United States Capitol in Washington, DC
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“I think he did,” Johnson said when asked if the president has convinced the holdouts to turn their votes.
“A great meeting. The president was very helpful and committed. We have many members whose questions were answered. We are making great progress at this time,” said Johnson.
In a later group with journalists, Johnson said Trump was “very encouraging” and “expressed his commitment to make sure we do the work, that we find real savings to change the debt trajectory for the country, but also protect the essential programs.”
When asked if the Chamber Rules Committee will mark the budget plan tonight, Johnson ruled out the question and said: “They are attentive. At this time, we go to [National Republican Congressional Committee] Black tie event with the president. “
Several of the Republican party holdouts were invited to meet Trump, but representatives Ralph Norman and Tim Burchett, two of the holdouts, told journalists who were not invited to the meeting.
Another difficult vote, the representative Chip Roy, told reporters that there are “enough” opposite “republicans to kill him. He said he asked the senators to come to a meeting to explain mathematics on a blackboard that shows how their plan would reduce the deficit, but “they cannot try mathematics.”
Johnson can afford to lose three votes, but even a dozen Republicans have indicated that they are not yet convinced to vote for it.
It is required that the approval of this legislation through both chambers initiate the process to prepare the draft Mass Budget Law that includes much of the Trump National Radical Agenda.
Johnson also told reporters that the White House will provide withdrawals “a combination of commitments and guarantees and all leaders in both cameras.”
The leader of the majority, Steve Scalise, said: “The president has been our best defender and whip so that this agenda progresses in each step of the road. And this bill is no different. Failure is not an option.”
