“House Republican leadership’s plans to put their multi-trillion dollar budget blueprint on the floor today are in flux as senior GOP lawmakers work to build support for the proposal designed to pass President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda,” Punchbowl News reports.

Said Speaker Mike Johnson: “There may be a vote tonight, there may not be. Stay tuned.”

“Here’s the danger for Johnson and the House. If it starts to look like House Republicans are struggling to pass this budget resolution – which they are – White House sources say Trump could get impatient and back the Senate’s ‘narrow’ plan. It still may be a few days away from that dynamic playing out, however.”

New York Times: “It was a familiar conundrum for the speaker, who is working to quell discontent from both flanks of his fractious conference, all while dealing with a razor-thin majority that will accommodate almost no defections. If all members were present and voting, Mr. Johnson could afford to lose no more than a single Republican, and a handful have already said they are against the measure.”

Wall Street Journal: House Republican budget plan runs into trouble ahead of vote.

NBC News: “At least four GOP rabble-rousers — Reps. Victoria Spartz of Indiana, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Warren Davidson of Ohio and Thomas Massie of Kentucky — emerged from a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday morning and said they would vote against the budget plan over concerns it doesn’t cut spending enough.”

“Those four votes could be enough to kill the measure. The GOP’s 218-215 House majority means Johnson can afford only a single GOP defection, unless lawmaker absences change the math.”

“Alarmed by cuts already made to federal agencies that help safeguard elections, and fearful that more could be coming, a bipartisan group of the nation’s top state election officials has appealed to Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, for help,” the New York Times reports.

“In a rare move, the ordinarily restrained National Association of Secretaries of State wrote to Ms. Noem, the former South Dakota governor, on Friday asking that critical election programs and protections be spared during an upcoming agency review.”