House Passes GOP Budget Plan as Holdouts Relent

Republicans squeaked their budget blueprint through the House late Tuesday after party leaders swayed a handful of wavering members to back the framework for President Trump’s tax, border and spending-cut agenda. 

The 217-215 vote delivered a victory for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.), who united all but one of his GOP members—Thomas Massie of Kentucky—around an approach that requires significantly reducing Medicaid costs and likely won’t accommodate all of Trump’s desired tax cuts. The House-passed plan calls for $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion in spending reductions over a decade and $4 trillion to $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.