Analysis | The House GOP's budget irresolution

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : At the White House Elon Musk joins Trump's first Cabinet meeting Trump is set to hold his first Cabinet meeting today with a special guest: Elon Musk. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters yesterday that Musk, head of the U.S. DOGE Service, will attend the meeting to "talk about DOGE's efforts and how all of the Cabinet secretaries are identifying waste, fraud and abuse in their respective agencies.
65% : He announced the move on Fox News days after Trump endorsed him, instantly making him a formidable candidate to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in the 2026 election.
57% : Trump plans White House invitation for Eagles, who are expected to accept.
55% : Trump, Musk and the secretaries are "working as one team," she said.
51% : What we're watching Trump Trump is set to hold the Cabinet meeting at 11 a.m. in the Cabinet Room.
49% : Privately, many House Republicans tell our colleague Marianna Sotomayor that drafting policies to match the strict spending levels will result in cuts and that Democrats are not "fearmongering," as GOP leaders alleged yesterday, that cuts would affect social benefits such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
49% : Leavitt said Trump respected the decisions of those Cabinet secretaries but downplayed any tensions.
43% : Nearly half the federal spending cuts proposed in the resolution would come through the House committee that oversees Medicaid, and Democrats argued that cuts to the program were all but inevitable. Democratic-aligned groups released reams of polling and data on Medicaid, breaking it down by congressional district in some cases.
42% : "It's time for Congressman Kean to show residents of the 7th District where he stands on this critical issue -- will he vote to protect the health care of thousands of families and children?"
40% : DOGE to cancel government contracts that help veterans, records show.
39% : The Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, released a list of 15 GOP-held districts that it said would see "large" Medicaid losses if the House Energy and Commerce Committee fully cut from Medicaid under the budget blueprint.
35% : "The Budget Resolution passed today does not specify any cuts to federal programs," Rep. Ken Calvert (R-California) said in a statement, without mentioning Medicaid by name.
34% : The pushback illustrated Democratic confidence that even though the midterms are well over a year away, messing with Medicaid could be politically fatal for the GOP.
33% : Donalds announces Florida gubernatorial campaign ... but first ... Democrats vow political consequences amid House budget drama House Republicans weathered a nail-biter of a vote last night and passed a budget blueprint that lets them get down to work on President Donald Trump's agenda.
31% : In approving the budget resolution with only one defector -- Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was able to assuage the concerns of more moderate Republicans that the proposal laid the groundwork for devastating cuts to Medicaid and other programs.
28% : "I want to make it clear that I do not support cuts to Social Security, Medicare and the safety net programs our vulnerable Americans rely on.

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