The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal has issued a sharp rebuke to far-right House Republicans, accusing them of sabotaging their own pro-Trump agenda by threatening to derail the Senate’s budget framework. In a blistering editorial, the board warned that this internal conflict risks undermining key conservative goals, including tax reform, energy deregulation, and border security.
This public scolding comes amid heightened tensions between House and Senate Republicans, who have struggled for months to align on how to implement President Donald Trump’s legislative vision. The disagreement centers on the Senate’s budget outline—a procedural but essential step for advancing legislation through the reconciliation process, which allows a bill to pass the Senate with only 51 votes, bypassing a potential filibuster from Senate Democrats, according to AP News.
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“Passing a budget outline is crucial to unlocking the Senate’s reconciliation process, which would allow a tax bill to pass the upper chamber with only 51 votes and thus escape a Chuck Schumer veto,” the board wrote.
The editorial highlights how some House Republicans are objecting to the Senate proposal, claiming it falls short on spending cuts, particularly in comparison to the House’s directive for the Energy and Commerce Committee to identify $880 billion in savings, which includes potential cuts to Medicaid. However, the board argued that the critics are misunderstanding the nature of the Senate’s approach.
“Senate Republicans say they’ve merely set a floor on cuts, not a ceiling. The reason to write the bill this way is to comply with the Senate’s arcane budget rules and be sure the final legislation can clear the upper chamber without needing 60 votes,” the board wrote.
They also noted that Senate Republicans had narrowly defeated an amendment aimed at removing the House’s $880 billion Medicaid savings target—highlighting that efforts toward spending discipline are still in play. The board specifically called out Senator Josh Hawley, criticizing his support for the amendment as emblematic of “big government” posturing.
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Ultimately, the editorial argued that by stalling the budget process, House hardliners are jeopardizing the very fiscal restraint they claim to champion. “House Republicans have two choices this week. They can pass the budget outline and start writing the details of their spending cuts and larger bill.
Or they can blow up the budget and spend more weeks engaging in political self-harm to the elation of Democrats,” the board concluded. “The latter is a path to zero spending restraint and a $4.5 trillion tax increase. Pity Speaker Johnson for having to explain this basic reality so many times this week.”
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