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The budget bill containing many of President Donald Trump’s fiscal priorities and campaign promises narrowly passed the House of Representatives early Thursday morning in a 215-214 vote, and now the White House is “suiting up” to get the bill through the Senate.
After a meeting with Trump and conservative holdouts, Speaker Mike Johnson said he planned told hold a floor vote Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
Speaker Mike Johnson and a group of blue-state Republicans finally struck a tentative deal last night on a key tax write-off that was largely blocking the bill from passing out of committee. But a group of conservative hardliners is once again standing in the way of a tentative floor vote today.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump believes Massie and Davidson should be primaried for opposing the budget bill.
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The New Republic on MSNHouse Republicans Pass Sweeping Medicaid Cuts by a Single VoteHouse Republicans passed Trump’s “big, beautiful” spending bill by just one vote early Thursday morning. After hours of deliberation, the bill passed 215-214, an incredibly slim margin that highlights the lack of political cohesion within the GOP.