Johnson Pulls Vote on Trump-Backed Budget Plan Over Holdouts

Some House Republicans still have objections to a revised budget blueprint to unlock Trump’s agenda over fiscal concerns.
Johnson Pulls Vote on Trump-Backed Budget Plan Over Holdouts
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a news conference after the House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on April 1, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
Joseph Lord
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WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pulled a vote late on April 9 on the Senate’s compromise budget resolution that would have allowed Congress to move forward with President Donald Trump’s agenda.

The decision to pull the vote—after a previous vote was held open for an hour and 15 minutes—was made as several Republicans remained opposed to various aspects of the package.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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