Hardline conservative Republican lawmakers met with House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday to discuss the budget resolution’s spending cuts, seeking to get assurances ahead of the House Budget Committee’s markup of the resolution on Thursday.
House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican, left the roughly hour-long meeting, stating that he will support the budget plan 'as long as we mark it up like we talked about just in there.' Norman, who also sits on the Budget Committee, expressed encouragement following the meeting.
