“House Republican leaders on Wednesday pressed ahead with their plan to hold an evening vote on their party’s budget blueprint, but the fate of the measure to unlock President Trump’s spending and tax cuts was in doubt amid a revolt among hard-line conservatives,” the New York Times reports.
“The resolution scaled a key hurdle Wednesday morning when the powerful House Rules Committee approved a measure that would allow it to go to the floor.
GOP leaders argued that time was of the essence to push it through and get started on Mr. Trump’s agenda, while Mr. Trump stepped up the pressure on Republicans to back it.”“But a number of anti-spending House Republicans said they planned to defy the president and oppose the measure, arguing it would add too much to the nation’s debt.”
Politico: House tees up dicey budget vote as Trump begs for action.