House Narrowly Passes GOP Budget Plan Advancing Trump’s Agenda

The 217-215 vote unlocks the reconciliation process for a $4.5 trillion tax cut package and $2 trillion in spending reductions, despite internal GOP divisions and Democratic opposition.

• The House approved the GOP budget resolution by a razor-thin margin, with all Democrats and one Republican voting against it, advancing Trump’s legislative priorities to the Senate.
• The resolution sets the stage for a reconciliation process to extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, allocate $300 billion for defense and border security, and cut federal spending by $2 trillion over 10 years.
• Key Republican holdouts were swayed after intense negotiations, though concerns remain over potential Medicaid cuts and the plan’s projected $3 trillion deficit increase over the next decade.
• Democrats strongly opposed the resolution, citing fears of cuts to Medicaid, food assistance, and other social programs, while GOP leadership emphasized that specific cuts are not mandated in the resolution.
• The Senate has already passed a scaled-down version focusing on border security and defense funding, setting up complex negotiations between the chambers in the weeks ahead.

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