SCOOP: Trump ally's Gulf of America bill sparks frustration in House GOP

FIRST ON FOX A scheduled vote on making President Donald Trump s Gulf of America name change permanent is causing specific heartburn within the House GOP conference Multiple House Republicans who spoke with Fox News Digital noted they were frustrated by House GOP leaders decision to spend time voting on what they saw as a largely symbolic gesture in an otherwise light legislative week It comes as GOP negotiators work behind the scenes to iron out divisions on Medicaid tax procedures and green force subsidies in time to pass Trump s big beautiful bill by the Fourth of July This is a time where we should be in our districts going to graduations making sure that we're listening to folks who have tariff issues a more moderate GOP lawmaker granted anonymity to speak freely recounted Fox News Digital Instead we re going to spend time doing this it's frustrating for somebody who's got a lot of pragmatic regulation waiting in the queue to be heard Instead we're doing posture bills It s not what I came here to do SCOOP REPUBLICANS DISCUSS DEFUNDING 'BIG ABORTION' LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN TRUMP AGENDA BILLBut the frustration is not limited to moderate and mainstream Republicans One conservative GOP lawmaker vented to Fox News Digital other executive orders this is the one we pick Folks are upset that we're not doing something more major the conservative lawmaker noted Two sources familiar with House Republicans whip unit meeting mentioned at least three GOP lawmakers aired concerns about the bill Reps Don Bacon R-Neb Jay Obernolte R-Calif and Glenn Grothman R-Wis One of the sources described their sentiments as They just think it s kind of frivolous or not serious I ve heard criticisms from all corners of the conference Conservatives to pragmatic ones Bacon explained Fox News Digital It seems sophomoric The United States is bigger and better than this Bacon is among the Republicans pushing hard for a restrained hand on Medicaid cuts in Trump's multi-trillion-dollar bill while other GOP lawmakers are pushing for more important cuts Grothman would not confirm or deny his concerns telling Fox News Digital That s behind-the-scenes stuff Obernolte s office did not respond to requests for comment by press time While the concerns have not come from a large number of the overall conference any degree of defections is essential with the GOP s razor-thin House majority With all lawmakers present in the chamber Speaker Mike Johnson R-La can at this moment lose up to three votes to still pass something along party lines It s also a sign of Trump s continued dominance on Capitol Hill starting to wear on specific Republican lawmakers It s not clear that the lawmakers who expressed concerns will vote against the final bill however particularly with pressure from House GOP leaders A third House Republican who spoke with Fox News Digital anonymously acknowledged the frustrations but nevertheless disclosed It s not the hill to die on It's worth noting that congressional Republicans have passed several bills promoting Trump's agenda already including resolutions to roll back key Biden administration policies Their main efforts in budget reconciliation Trump's big beautiful bill is GOP negotiators' current priority MEET THE TRUMP-PICKED LAWMAKERS GIVING SPEAKER JOHNSON A FULL HOUSE GOP CONFERENCEThe Gulf of America Act was introduced by Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene R-Ga a top Trump ally When reached for comment on selected GOP lawmakers' concerns Greene stated Fox News Digital Codifying the rightful renaming of the Gulf of America isn t just a priority for me and President Trump it s a priority for the American people American taxpayers fund its protection our military defends its waters and American businesses fuel its business activity My bill advances President Trump s America First agenda If certain moderate Republicans want to start elsewhere where do they suggest she continued I have bills ready for all of it But let s be clear we should be voting to codify every single executive order President Trump issues The bill is as of now slated to get a vote on Thursday morning and Speaker Mike Johnson R-La promoted it during his House GOP leadership press conference on Tuesday We're going to pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to permanently rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America And then we're going to codify dozens more of President Trump's budget-related executive orders spending-related executive orders through the budget reconciliation process Johnson mentioned Rep Jimmy Patronis R-Fla posted on X in response to the speaker This will be a tremendous economic driver for my district Families across the country will flock to the Florida Panhandle to be the FIRST to enjoy the Gulf of AMERICA The White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment