Four House Freedom Caucus members on the Budget Committee who held up the GOP’s massive reconciliation package last week reversed course late Sunday night, opening the path to a floor vote on the measure later this week.
The holdouts who blocked the bill in Friday’s Budget panel markup — Reps. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Chip Roy, R-Texas — were satisfied enough with the changes promised to them during weekend negotiations. They allowed the package to move forward by voting “present,” enabling the panel to report out the bill on a 17-16, party-line vote.
“I’m excited about the changes that have been made,” Norman said before the vote.
