You think you already have locked you down?

I do, yeah. There's no plan B. This is the only plan and we're running.

Are you worried you'll lose the president's trust if it fails?

No, no. I've spoken to the president multiple times today. You know exactly what we're doing and why.

That was Speaker Mike Johnson before a vote on the House's budget resolution. It came after a lot of drama on Capitol Hill, as if there's anything else tied to that spending bill.

And the question is, where does this proposal stand with the competing one in the Senate?

Also ahead, the mixed messaging from the White House on who's actually in charge of Doge.

It's clear that Elon Musk is overseeing operations,

but the administration yesterday named an acting administrator.

The question is, who's Amy Gleason?

Meanwhile, it's still not clear this morning

if there are any consequences for government employees

who didn't respond to Musk's ultimatum email from over the weekend.

The question is, when will the administration clear up this

confusing mess? It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that does not pick up work calls while on vacation in Mexico.

We'll explain that in just a moment.

I'm Ali Vitale on this Wednesday, February 26th, and we'll start with the news.

House Republicans managed to pass their budget framework on a final Hail Mary play at the last minute last night.

Throughout the day, House Speaker Mike Johnson

held multiple meetings with various GOP holdouts, deficit hawks who had concerns about spending

and moderates concerned about Medicaid cuts. When the bill finally did make its way to the House

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