US House Republicans advance Trump's tax cut plan

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives late on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump's tax-cut and border security agenda, delivering a major boost to his 2025 priorities.

The vote on passage was 217-215 with Representative Thomas Massie, a prominent fiscal hawk, as a lone Republican voting in opposition, and no Democrats supporting the controversial measure. One Democrat did not vote.

The measure is a preliminary step to extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts later this year. Tuesday's vote sent the budget resolution to the Senate, where Republicans are expected to take it up.

"We have a lot of hard work ahead of us, but we are going to deliver the American First agenda," House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters after the vote. "We're going to celebrate tonight, and we'll roll up our sleeves and get right back in the morning."

The final vote came after Johnson and No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise spent hours persuading holdouts to back the move.