House adopts budget blueprint for Trump’s agenda after GOP leaders sway holdouts
- The House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to support President Donald Trump's policy agenda, marking a significant victory for Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
- The legislation aims to keep the 2017 tax cuts, raise the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, and boost spending on defense and border security.
- House Democrats criticized the proposal, claiming it includes cuts of $880 billion from Medicaid to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
- House Republicans approved their budget framework after negotiations addressed concerns from GOP members about spending cuts.
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Maryland Rep. Andy Harris explains why he ultimately voted for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill
Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, an early holdout on a budget plan critical to President Donald Trump’s agenda, says he came around after the White House promised to back deep new spending cuts, including targeting Medicaid waste. The support of Harris and fellow members of the House Freedom Caucus — the fiscally conservative group he chairs — was critical to passage, by a 216-214 vote, of the framework for what Trump calls “a big, beautiful bill” of …
A Win-and a Warning-for Trump's Agenda
Speaker Mike Johnson flashed a grin as he chided reporters in the Capitol this morning: "I told you not to doubt us." Moments earlier, the House had approved a budget proposal that could allow Republicans to pass the president's "one big beautiful bill"-a boost for not only Donald Trump's legislative agenda but also Johnson's job security.
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