How Republicans got from ‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’ to ‘yes’ on the Trump budget blueprint
by Mychael Schnell, Emily Brooks and Mike Lillis - 04/10/25 6:36 PM ET
As the fate of President Trump’s agenda hung in the balance in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) turned to what he knows best: prayer.
At the end of an hours-long, late-night meeting that came after Johnson was forced to scrap a key vote Wednesday night, the Speaker, a devout Southern Baptist, led a group of hard-line conservative holdouts and members of leadership in a benediction for the conference to reach a solution and to receive guidance from God to do the right thing for the country, two sources in the room told The Hill.
The next day, his prayers would be answered.
House Republicans on Thursday adopted the Senate’s framework to advance Trump’s domestic policy priorities, officially kick-starting the process the party will use in its effort to enact tax cuts, border funding and energy policy.
Johnson, with the help of Trump, had managed to win over more than a dozen conservatives who had spent a week railing against the legislation and insisting there was little that could change their minds.
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