House Republicans’ “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill has a Texas-sized problem when it reaches the Budget Committee for a scheduled markup on Friday — if it gets to that stage.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is leading opposition to the package in its current 1,116-page form, and he has enough allies on the Budget panel to sink the measure after GOP Reps. Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma said Thursday they’d join Roy in voting “no.” There may be other GOP opponents as well, such as Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin.
And with Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, absent due to paternity leave, all House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, can afford to lose is one vote on his side, assuming all Democrats vote against the package.
