The Senate’s framework for advancing President Trump’s legislative agenda is stuck in limbo as House conservatives dig in on their opposition to the measure despite pressure from President Trump — depriving Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of the votes needed to adopt the blueprint.

The criticism among hard-liners — largely aimed at the level of spending cuts in the measure — persisted even after a handful of Republicans visited the White House on Tuesday afternoon to meet with Trump, who endorsed the budget resolution and has encouraged GOP lawmakers to line up behind it.

At least two Republicans — Reps. Greg Steube (Fla.) and Byron Donalds (Fla.) — voiced support for the legislation after the meeting, a good sign for Johnson as he looks to muscle the measure through his razor-thin majority. Steube was undecided earlier in the day.

But a large number of GOP critics — including those who met with the president and those who did not attend the meeting — remained unmoved as of Tuesday afternoon.

“The math still doesn’t add up,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said after the meeting at the White House. “The Senate budget still, in my view, produces significant deficits.”

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), who was not at the meeting, said he is “a pretty firm no” and that dozens of others are in the same camp as him.

“I would be surprised if it comes to the floor,” Ogles said of the budget resolution. “There’s so many ‘no’ votes. It’s 30, 40. And what typically happens in this type of scenario, when you hit a critical mass, suddenly more people go ahead and vote their conscience. And so 30 can easily become 50.”

“It’s nowhere close,” he........

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