House Budget Committee Votes Down GOP Megabill Amid Conservative Opposition

House Republican leaders suffered a significant setback as the House Budget Committee failed to advance their sweeping megabill, with conservative hard-liners joining Democrats to kill the package. Key dissenters such as Reps. Chip Roy, Ralph Norman, Josh Brecheen, Andrew Clyde, and Lloyd Smucker expressed concerns over the bill's fiscal impact, specifically criticizing its back-loaded savings and front-loaded spending, as well as demanding accelerated Medicaid work requirements and immediate removal of unauthorized immigrants from Medicaid access. Despite late-night negotiations and President Donald Trump's public urging for unity, the committee voted down the bill 16-21, highlighting intra-party divisions. Speaker Mike Johnson and House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington continue discussions with holdouts and the White House to attempt revisions and revive the bill. GOP leaders face a tough path forward as the vote was supposed to be a procedural step to bundle 11 separate bills, but now the package's future is uncertain amid ongoing dissent and calls for clearer Congressional Budget Office scoring. Democrats are capitalizing on the GOP discord, emphasizing the internal split within the Republican Party.