House delays key vote on Trump budget bill after conservative fury over spending cuts

A key vote to advance a massive conservative policy bill has been delayed, putting House Republicans behind in their ambitious schedule to enact President Donald Trump's agenda.

The House Budget Committee had initially aimed to go through and approve the legislation this week, but a source familiar with planning told Fox News Digital that is no longer the case.

It comes after conservatives on the panel rejected multiple offers by House GOP leaders on where to set a baseline for cutting federal spending, urging senior Republicans to seek deeper cuts ahead of negotiations with the Senate.

"I guess they want to get the resolution out. I do, too. I want to get it out of committee, have an up or down vote. But if you set that floor too low, that's all that’s going to be achieved," Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., who sits on the House Budget Committee, told Fox News Digital on Monday. "I have no confidence that they would exceed whatever level we put in there." 

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