In the private White House meeting, Trump tried and failed to force Perry and his fellow rebels to fall in line as Johnson rushed toward a vote on the budget framework — though some other members who attended, including Rep. Ron Estes of Kansas, said they were ready to come along.

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to move forward this week on President Donald Trump's tax cuts, but their caucus is divided with some members concerned that there are insufficient spending cuts in the budget blueprint passed by the Senate.