House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, said Friday that it would be a “big problem” if Senate Republicans make material changes to the reconciliation bill approved by the lower chamber earlier this week, Politico reported.

Arrington warned that major alterations could upset the balance of tax cuts and spending cuts and “imperil” President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.

Arrington made the remarks to reporters, one day after the House passed the mega funding bill 216-214. Instrumental in its passing was House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., putting his neck on the line for the $1.5 trillion in spending cuts that House conservatives demanded. The first bill passed by the Senate had just $4 billion in spending cuts.

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