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Facing pressure at home, GOP lawmakers warn Johnson against ‘hatchet’ spending cuts

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Speaker Mike Johnson plans to hold a vote Tuesday on a sweeping budget plan that calls for $2 trillion in cuts over a decade .

The fate of that measure is uncertain amid rising pressure back home, as Republicans across the country face blowback over the blitz of spending freezes and federal worker firings directed by billionaire Elon Musk .

At least one Republican , Rep. Victoria Spartz of Indiana , announced Monday she was a no on the “current version” of the budget plan.

The lingering angst from the middle is a warning sign for GOP leaders as they draft and later try to pass the massive measure with zero room for error.

Some Republicans privately believed the cuts in the latest version of the House GOP budget blueprint were too steep for a single bill, aides say.

Senate Republicans are presenting a simpler path to kick-starting Trump ’s agenda.