GOP budget adopted in House after late arm-twisting
Published in Political News
WASHINGTON — The House adopted a fiscal 2025 budget resolution after a dramatic turn of events that saw GOP leaders initially forced to postpone the final vote, only to turn around minutes later and start the roll call.
The vote came as key Democratic absentees returned to the Capitol for the vote late Tuesday, leaving Republicans with only one vote to spare on their side. Republican leaders held the vote open so they could try to persuade holdouts to come on board.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., ended up being the lone GOP “no” vote, giving Republicans the slight edge. The final vote was 217-215.
The House blueprint would allow for a sweeping package of tax cuts and border and defense spending paired with deficit reduction measures and an increase in the statutory federal borrowing cap that could pass with simple majorities in both chambers.
The next stop is negotiations with the Senate, which adopted a competing framework that would advance a $340 billion package of military and border enforcement spending but leave extensions of expiring tax cuts for a second filibuster-proof reconciliation bill later this year.
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