Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune sought to present a united front as they try to sway the GOP holdouts that have threatened to tank the plan for Trump's agenda.

House Republicans have abruptly postponed a late evening vote on their budget framework as grave misgivings from conservative GOP lawmakers threw it in flux.

The vote puts Republican leaders one critical step closer to being able to pass a hulking fiscal bill that includes $4 trillion in tax cuts and a $5 trillion debt ceiling increase.