Stefanik's UN confirmation vote faces delay as House GOP needs all votes to pass budget resolution

New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik's confirmation vote for United States ambassador to the United Nations is being held up because the House Republican conference needs her vote to help pass its fiscal 2025 budget resolution, says House Speaker Mike Johnson.

The speaker says he has only a one-vote majority right now in the chamber over Democrats.

“If we get the budget resolution passed this week, which is the plan, then it’s possible that Elise Stefanik would go ahead and move on to her assignment at the U.N. as the ambassador there,” Johnson Monday said during a speech, according to The New York Times.

House could vote as early as Tuesday. And as of Tuesday morning, three House Republicans – Reps. Thomas Massie, Kentucky; Tim Burchett, Tennessee, and  Victoria Spartz, Indiana, said the are opposed, according the news outlet Politico. 

The House resolution includes $5 trillion in new spending including money for Trump border security initiatives, and it extends the president's 2017 tax cuts. 

As of now, 17 Cabinet members appointed by President Donald Trump have been confirmed. Stefanik is one of five nominees whose nomination has not been voted on in the Senate. The U.N. post remains opened amid diplomatic efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars.