Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that the $78 billion bipartisan family and business tax break bill would go to the floor likely under suspension of the rules, though the move already faces pushback from members of his party.
Johnson, R-La., did not specify when the package would go to the floor in his remarks at the Congressional Institute, though some members thought the bill could go to the floor as early as this week. House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., who negotiated the deal with Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is due to pitch the GOP conference on the deal Tuesday.
The possibility of a suspension vote, which would allow leadership to bypass the Rules Committee and limit floor debate and amendments, angered both blue state Republicans and the right flank of the party, with some members threatening to tank unrelated rules in retaliation.
