Republicans’ party-line tax, energy and border security bill could suffer a setback ahead of a planned floor vote next week as various factions of the GOP conference continue to press for last-minute changes, including on clean energy tax credits.
The House Budget Committee is set to mark up the multitrillion-dollar package Friday morning, even as multiple Republicans on the committee signaled Thursday that they planned to oppose it. Three Republican “no” votes would keep the bill from advancing to a potential House floor vote.
Failure to pass the bill out of committee would buy some more time for Republicans to continue negotiations over the weekend, but a delay could also allow the bill to unravel further.
“I haven’t given up yet, but there are concerns [among members] about having to get more information, which would potentially delay this to next week, so we’ll see,” House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) told reporters Thursday afternoon.
