House Republican leaders canceled a vote on the Senate's budget resolution Wednesday night, as Speaker Mike Johnson came to terms with what had been clear for many hours ...
BREAKING: House Republicans forced to postpone budget vote. Speaker Mike Johnson said he would try to bring the budget resolution to the floor tomorrow instead.
An update ...
House approves budget framework for Trump's big' bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts
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... House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused to advance trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts.
Johnson stood with Senate Majority Leader John Thune early in the morning at the Capitol to shore up President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," and they committed to seeking at least $1.5 trillion in cuts to federal programs and services. The speaker had abruptly halted voting Wednesday night.
"I told you not to doubt us," Johnson, R-La., said afterward.
He acknowledged the week's economic turmoil with the financial markets "a little unstable," but said the House vote was a "big day."
The 216-214 vote pushed the budget plan forward, one more milestone for Johnson, and next step in a lengthy process to unlock the centerpiece to the president's domestic agenda of tax cuts, mass deportations and a smaller federal government. ...
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