House Republicans are growing increasingly skeptical that they can advance a framework for President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda by the end of the week, with internal disagreements over the details putting the GOP in jeopardy of blowing through another self-imposed deadline.

House leaders — feeling pressure from the Senate, which is set to move an alternative, slimmed-down plan on Wednesday — have insisted that progress is being made.

The House GOP is trying to rally around “one big, beautiful bill” that would include tax cuts, border measures and energy priorities. But clear cracks are emerging, fueling doubts among lawmakers that the key vote will happen on schedule.

Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), the chair of the House Budget Committee, revealed to House Republicans on Tuesday that his committee would take action on the legislation on Thursday.

But the budget resolution framework Arrington outlined received swift pushback from Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), the chair of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.

Arrington’s blueprint included a $4.5 trillion budgetary cap on how much it would cost to extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, a figure Smith said wouldn’t be enough. It also outlined a $1.5 trillion floor for spending cuts with a target of cutting........

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