Freshman Rep. Brandon Gill returned from leave with his newborn son Friday to participate in a contentious budget vote that could make or break Republican efforts to pass what President Donald Trump calls the “one big, beautiful” budget bill—aimed at funding his policy priorities and fulfilling a host of campaign promises.
As of Friday morning, House Republicans’ budget effort might be in jeopardy due to disagreements with hard-line fiscal conservatives demanding more aggressive spending cuts.
Four of these hard-liners sit on the House Budget Committee, meaning they could delay the whole package by voting down the bill.
Gill, R-Texas, and wife Danielle D’Souza, daughter of conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, welcomed a new son this month, and he has since been away from Capitol Hill.
Without Gill, Republicans’ majority on the committee would have…
