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"This bill falls profoundly short. It does not do what we say it does with respect to deficits," said Rep. Chip Roy.
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) said "I am unable to support this package in its current form, but I look forward to strengthening this bill to ensure that it does pass, so that we full all of our America First promises to the American people."
Whilst Ralph Norman (R-SC) said "Sadly, I'm a hard no until we get this ironed out."
According to Punchbowl's Jake Sherman, Smucker likely flipped "no" to preserve the ability to reconsider the bill at a later time.
House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Jody Arrington (R-TX) said after the vote "I do not anticipate us coming back today."
A fiery intra-party fight exploded on Capitol Hill Friday as House Republicans clashed over President Donald Trump's mammoth "One Big Beautiful Bill," with Trump himself jumping into the fray to torch conservative holdouts as attention-hungry "grandstanders."
As the House Budget Committee met to advance the 1,116-plus-page megabill - packed with Trump's signature proposals on taxes, Medicaid, and immigration - chaos broke out behind the scenes, and in front of the cameras, as hardline conservatives threatened to blow up the entire process.
"Republicans MUST UNITE behind 'THE ONE, BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL!'" Trump posted on Truth Social. "We don't need 'GRANDSTANDERS' in the Republican Party. STOP TALKING, AND GET IT DONE!"
The scorched-earth post came as the House Budget Committee met down to mark up the massive reconciliation bill, which bundles together much of Trump's second-term policy wishlist: tax cuts, welfare reform, immigration crackdowns, and the death of Biden's green energy subsidies.
But what was supposed to be a legislative victory lap turned into a high-stakes hostage crisis, with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) caught between warring GOP factions, each demanding major changes and threatening to sink the bill if they don't get their way.
Conservatives on the committee - Reps. Chip Roy, Ralph Norman, Andrew Clyde, and Josh Brecheen - signaled they were ready to vote against the bill unless major changes were made. Their demands include a faster phase-in of Medicaid work requirements, a ban on undocumented immigrants receiving federal benefits, and immediate termination of Inflation Reduction Act clean energy provisions.
"If they don't [change it], I'm gonna vote no. We'll kill it," Norman warned Thursday. "I don't want to. But I will."
The vote is ongoing, with Roy and Norman both using their time during committee to voice their opposition, CNN's Sarah Farris reports.