The House Budget Committee passed the Republicans’ budget reconciliation package on Sunday night by a vote of 17–16, with four members voting ‘present.’
After failing to pass Trump’s budget package on Friday, GOP lawmakers reconvened Sunday night and voted to pass the reconciliation package.
However, the bill remains unfinished, and GOP lawmakers are still negotiating changes, according to CNN.
The four hardline GOP lawmakers pushing for changes to the bill are Reps. Norman, Roy, Clyde, and Brecheen.
As reported by Fox News:
President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” survived a key hurdle in the House of Representatives on Sunday night, putting it one step closer to a chamber-wide vote later this week.
Lawmakers on the House Budget Committee were summoned back to Washington for a 10 p.m. meeting to vote on advancing the legislation, which passed the panel in a nearly party-line vote.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., made a surprise appearance at the committee room shortly before the vote began, telling reporters, “We think this is going to go well tonight. We’re about to find out.”
He said there would likely be “minor modifications” to the final bill.
It comes after a rebellion by four conservative House Freedom Caucus members on the committee blocked the bill from advancing on Friday, with the fiscal hawks seeking assurances that stricter crackdowns on Medicaid and green energy subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) would be in the final bill before a House-wide vote.
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