Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he was pressing forward with a vote Thursday morning on the party’s “one big, beautiful bill” full of President Trump’s legislative agenda, holding a joint appearance with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) in a bid to convince conservative holdouts the two chambers were on the same page regarding spending cuts.

During the brief remarks, Johnson asserted he had the votes, committing to including at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts in the party’s ultimate Trump agenda bill — a key ask of lawmakers on the right flank. But Thune notably stopped short of making a similarly strong assurance, a fact that could spark concerns among hardline conservatives.

“Our ambition in the Senate is we are signed with the House in terms of what their budget resolution outlined in terms of savings,” Thune said, alongside Johnson. “The Speaker talked about $1.5 trillion, we have a lot of United States senators who believe that is a minimum, and we’re certainly gonna do everything we can to be as aggressive as possible.”

But it remains unclear if the public statements will be enough to assuage the conservatives to back the budget resolution. The comments came less than 24 hours after Johnson was forced to yank a planned vote on the framework as hardline House conservatives dug in on their opposition to the legislation.

The statements came during a joint media availability in the Capitol Thursday morning shortly before the House was set to make another attempt at adopting the Senate’s budget resolution — which will set the stage for the party to enact tax cuts, border funding and energy policy.

Despite having to scrap a planned vote on the measure Wednesday night, Johnson was optimistic about the prospects for the resolution being adopted in a vote scheduled for about 10 a.m.

“I’m happy to tell you that this morning, I believe we had the votes to finally adopt the budget resolution,” Johnson said in the press conference. 

Those on the right flank were incensed that the budget resolution included a lower spending cut minimum for Senate committees compared to House panels — concerned that the upper chamber would reign supreme. The Senate was ordered to find at least $4 billion in cuts, while the House is mandated to slash at least $1.5 trillion of federal spending.

The House hardliners refused to back the legislation even after Trump lobbied hard for Republicans to adopt the framework. The president re-upped that pressure on Thursday morning, writing on Truth Social “Great News! ‘The Big, Beautiful Bill’ is coming along really well. Republicans are working together nicely. Biggest Tax Cuts in USA History!!! Getting close. DJT.”

On Wednesday, a group of the House hardliners met with Thune in his office and pressed for details on the amount of spending cuts they would include in the final package.

But some were also pushing leaders to add an amendment to the resolution that said if at least $1.5 trillion in cuts were not included in the final package — a path that could prompt a number of problems.

First, moderate House Republicans would likely balk at that prospect after raising concerns about potential cuts to Medicaid. One moderate GOP lawmaker told The Hill on Wednesday “some mods have already been reaching out to leadership to let them know this is a no go.”

Secondly, the Senate would have to reapprove the  budget resolution with the amendment, which would require another all-night vote-a-rama.

Another option was bringing House and Senate Republicans to a conference committee, where they could formally hash out their differences. But there was little appetite for that avenue among top lawmakers in both chambers.