Speaker Mike Johnson is falling behind in the congressional GOP budget reconciliation race. Johnson’s hopes of moving a budget resolution through committee this week to jumpstart his one-big-bill plan — a necessary step to enact President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda — could get derailed by an intra-party battle. Budget Chair Jodey Arrington and committee member Chip Roy are at odds with Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith and other senior Republicans on how to proceed, our colleagues Benjamin Guggenheim and Meredith Lee Hill report. The budget hawks are pushing for additional and highly controversial spending cuts. They’re also looking to put a strict limit in the budget resolution on how much the reconciliation bill can increase the deficit, a move that could severely limit Smith’s aspirations for a tax overhaul. The number that lawmakers had tentatively settled on last Thursday — around $4.7 trillion — would make it virtually impossible to implement anything above an extension of the expiring tax cuts. Johnson insisted in an interview on Fox News Sunday that the House Budget Committee will take up the bill this week, but left himself some wiggle room: “We might push it a little bit further because the details really matter.” Over in the Senate, Budget Chair Lindsey Graham already has text out for his chamber’s budget resolution, a huge step for Senate Republicans eager to move forward with their two-track plan. The first bill would encompass the border, energy and defense, while a second would tackle more complicated tax policies. The committee will meet over two days to mark up the resolution, with a vote expected Thursday. Both House and Senate leaders competed for Trump’s ear this weekend as they pushed their competing plans. Trump’s Super Bowl suite looked like the latest round of reconciliation discussions; guests included Johnson and Majority Whip Tom Emmer from the House side, and Graham and Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso from the Senate. Johnson acknowledged Graham is moving quicker in the Fox interview, but added: “I have about 170 additional personalities to deal with and he's only got 53.” GOOD MONDAY MORNING. Congratulations to the Eagles, and thanks from this New Englander for proving the Chiefs have nothing on the Patriots dynasty. Follow our live coverage at the Inside Congress blog at politico.com/congress and email your Inside Congress scribes at mmccarthy@politico.com and lkashinsky@politico.com. THE SKED The House is in session. — The House will vote on six Financial Services bills at 6:30 p.m. — Rules will have a hearing on the Midnight Rules Act at 4 p.m. — House Republican and Democratic leadership will hold separate private meetings shortly before evening votes. The Senate is in session. — The Senate will vote to end debate on Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence at 5:30 p.m. The rest of the week: The House will vote later in the week on a bill that would allow lawmakers to more easily roll back federal rules under the Congressional Review Act and a bill that would criminalize the act of fleeing from border patrol agents. The Senate is expected to vote on Gabbard’s confirmation, as well as take up Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for HHS secretary, Howard Lutnick for secretary of Commerce, Brooke Rollins for Agriculture secretary and Kelly Loeffler to be administrator of the SBA.
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