GOP rebels launch mutiny against House leaders as Trump budget talks hit wall

Donald Trump has experienced win after win since entering the White House for his second term, but that doesn't mean everything has been easy.

One of the trickiest things that the president has had to navigate since January has been the fact that some members of his own party have gone rogue and begun disrupting what most other Republicans are trying to get done.

Perhaps one of the best examples of that was when Cabinet nominee Pete Hegseth needed Vice President JD Vance to step in and break a 50-50 tie to confirm him despite the fact that Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate.

Now, Trump appears to be facing some of the same difficulties in the House of Representatives when it comes to getting his budget bill passed.

According to Fox News, "House GOP leaders have still not found consensus within the conference on a path forward, despite ambitious plans to get a bill through the chamber at the end of the month."

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House and Senate Republicans are aiming to use their congressional majorities to pass a massive conservative policy overhaul via the budget reconciliation process.

By reducing the Senate's threshold for passage from one-third to a simple majority, where the House already operates, Republicans will be able to enact Trump's plans while entirely skirting Democratic opposition, provided the items included relate to budgetary and other fiscal matters.

However, there has been some friction from within the party because fiscal hawks have "demanded the package be deficit-neutral or deficit-reducing. Congressional leaders can afford little dissent with their razor-thin majorities and guaranteed lack of Democratic support."

If Republicans want Trump's presidency to be as successful as possible, they had better get on the same page!

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