House Republican leaders on Wednesday scrapped plans to vote on the Senate’s framework to advance key parts of President Trump’s legislative agenda, a major setback that came in the face of opposition from hardline conservatives.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the chamber would “probably” vote on the measure Thursday.

“We are working through some good ideas and solutions to get everybody there; it may not happen tonight but probably by tomorrow morning,” Johnson told reporters. “This is part of the process, this is a very constructive process, I’m very optimistic about the outcome of this one big, beautiful bill, and this is just one of the steps in getting there.”

Still, the delay marks a blow to both Johnson, who pushed for a speedy adoption of the measure, and President Trump, who endorsed the legislation and lobbied those in the right flank to get on board. The chamber was initially scheduled to vote on the measure at around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

But a number of lawmakers in the party's right flank remained entrenched in opposition to the measure, unwilling to waver from that resistance despite intense pressure from Trump himself.

Johnson officially announced plans to yank the vote after he huddled in a room off the House floor with more than a dozen conservative holdouts for over an hour, as the Speaker made a last-minute push to rally his ranks around the legislation. House GOP leaders kept an unrelated vote open for more than an hour to allow for the conversation.

Earlier in the evening, members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus,........

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