Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz stuck to her principles as a fiscal hawk and opposed the GOP budget resolution that would balloon the deficit by trillions of dollars — right up until Tuesday evening.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) managed to get a spending bill past the finish line when it passed in a very close 217-215 vote. No Democrats voted for the bill, and only one Republican joined them in voting "no": Rep.
Rep. Virginia Spartz (R-IN) was a "firm no" on the House budget resolution until she got a phone call from President Donald Trump in which he was "fuming" and "screaming" at her, reported Puck's Leigh Ann Caldwell.
President Donald Trump swooped in at the eleventh hour to whip a key vote on the “big” and “beautiful” budget bill he’s championed in recent weeks. Trump successfully convinced Rep. Victoria Spartz to flip her vote to a yes Tuesday night,
The good news for Republicans is that they managed to narrowly pass a far-right budget blueprint. The bad news is that their future is still bleak.
Warren Davidson of Ohio, Victoria Spartz of Indiana, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Tim Burchett of Tennessee—said they opposed the plan, while others remained undecided.
House Republicans cleared a key hurdle on Tuesday on a budget proposal that would unlock President Trump's legislative agenda after a handful of members expressed opposition to the package. The House approved the rule governing debate over the resolution in a 217-211 party-line vote,
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday he has not yet locked down enough Republican support to advance his chamber’s budget resolution this week but is confident the holdouts will ultimately cooperate.
He joins at least three other Republicans who are leaning against Speaker Mike Johnson's plan. Still others are undecided.