Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) just cast the deciding vote for President Donald Trump’s budget bill on behalf on Rep. David Schweikert (R-Arizona). Schweikert handed Johnson his voting card. Johnson cast the vote, and handed it back. That was the vote that put Republicans over the top.

Marc Short, former chief of staff to Vice President Pence, said he is concerned that the Republican conference could “break apart” if it embraces the Senate’s two-track approach to addressing

House Speaker Johnson had almost no votes to spare and fought on all fronts – against Democrats, uneasy rank-and-file Republicans, and skeptical GOP senators – to push the budget to passage.