Exclusive: Andy Harris (R-Md, chairman of the Housing Freedom Caucus. Donald Trump’s The agenda will vote if this week in his conference hall.
“At this point, I’ll vote against it,” Harris told Fox News numbers in an interview Monday morning.
He also called on the House and Senate to make their own plans with their own plans after passing a revised version of the former legislation in the early hours of Saturday.
The Maryland Republican who leads the Republican’s most conservative organization is Republican lawmakers who have so far opposed legislation.
House Liberty Caucus Chairman Andy Harris opposes House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to vote on a Trump-centric settlement bill in Congress. (Getty Image)
This is the focus of other fiscal Hawks on the Senate legislative version, in particular, it calls for at least $4 billion in spending cuts, while the House of Representatives is $1.5 trillion to $20 trillion.
“I mean, if The Senate actually “At able to reduce meaningful deficits, we can pass the Senate amendment through the House budget solution,” Harris said.
“But until I see a deficit reduction, what is the actual deficit in the Senate, I’m not willing to do that again.”
Congressional Republicans are working on a massive legislation that Trump calls “a big and beautiful bill” to improve its agenda on border security, defense, energy and taxation.
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They can pass such measures through the budget settlement process. Traditionally, when a party controls all three branches of government, reconciliation lowers the threshold for the Senate to pass certain fiscal measures from 60 votes to 51.
As a result, it has been used to pass a wide range of policy changes in one or two large-scale legislation.
The House framework was passed in late February and includes some new defense and border security funds, as well as $4.5 trillion to expand Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and jobs bill and to enforce new proposals such as taxes on wages.
The framework also calls for $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion in spending, depending on Trump’s tax policy that will increase the national deficit, which is key to winning the support of the Deficit Hawks.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters at a Senate Policy Lunch on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
It also raised its debt limit, with Trump specifically asking Republicans to increase its debt limit by $4 trillion. The Senate version will increase the debt limit by $5 trillion.
exist Letter to colleagues from the Housing Republican Party House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-la, Sunday. It said lawmakers will vote on the revised version of the Senate.
However, Johnson insists that the passage of the Senate through its framework only allows houses to begin the version of the bill passed in February and will not hinder their process in any way.
“The Senate amendment did not change the House settlement instructions we voted a few weeks ago. Although the Senate chose to take a different approach to its direction, the revised resolution will never prevent us from achieving our goals in the final settlement bill.”
“We have and will continue to have all discussions with the Senate and the White House (to ensure home access), the final settlement bill must include a historic spending reduction while protecting the basic plan.”
Johnson’s office pointed out the letter Monday.
Through a reconciliation framework that outlines only the top spending figures, Congress can continue to take the next step in actually developing policies to accompany these top lines.
But conservatives like Harris retorted that they believe that it is not necessary to vote on the Senate version of the bill to start working in the House.
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“They just think we have to keep the train going. But if we just start making actual settlement packages, that also moves the train forward, too,” Harris said.
Despite his support for immediate dedication, he opened the door to support the work of the Senate.
“I still think we should just ask the Senate to start a settlement bill and then if they fulfill their commitment to reduce the deficit, then I have a good budget solution for them,” Harris said.
