Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene predicted a tough battle ahead for President Trump’s controversial “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” as the massive spending bill faces an uncertain future in the House, describing the situation in blunt terms during a podcast appearance.
“There’s no way that [Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)] has the votes in the House for this,” Greene told political pundit Steve Bannon on his “War Room” podcast. “I think it’s far from over.”
“It is really a dire situation,” Greene added. “So this whole thing is… I don’t know what to call it, it’s a s*** show. I know we’re not supposed to say that on the air, but that’s truly what it is.”
The House returned to the Capitol Wednesday to try and compromise between its version of the bill and the Senate version, which narrowly passed Tuesday after a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance following a marathon debate. Trump has pressed GOP lawmakers to send the bill to him for final approval by Friday.
After 12 hours of debate, the House rules committee advanced the legislation in a vote that saw all Democrats oppose the measure along with two Republicans. South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman and Texas Congressman Chip Roy voted against the bill, citing issues with the Senate’s changes.
“I will vote against it here and I’ll vote against it on the floor until we get it right,” Norman said.
The rules committee vote was the final step before the legislation reached the House floor. House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested the vote could take place as early as Wednesday.
“We knew we would come to this moment. We knew the Senate would amend the House product. I encouraged them to amend it as lightly as possible. They went a little further than many of us would have preferred, but we have the product now,” Johnson told reporters Tuesday.
“As the President said, it’s his bill. It’s not a House bill, it’s not a Senate bill, it’s the American people’s bill,” Johnson continued. “My objective and my responsibility is to get that bill over the line, so we will do everything possible to do that, and I will work with all of our colleagues.”
The House originally passed its version of the bill in May by a razor-thin 215-214 vote amid pressure from Trump, Vance, and other White House allies. Johnson and other GOP leaders have been working to bring skeptical House members on board with the Senate changes before the self-imposed Friday deadline.
Greene said there was a significant challenge in managing such a large legislative body with zero room for error.
“We’re on a time clock that’s been really set on us, so we have a lot of pressure — and then also given the fact that there’s 435 members of Congress and it’s hard for us to get to an agreement on anything,” she said.
House Democrats have called the Senate version worse than the original House bill due to the deeper cuts to social spending programs.