President Trump’s budget and priority bill advanced from the House Budget Committee in late-night vote Sunday. The next stop is the Rules Committee, and then the bill will advance to the House floor for a vote.
The four holdouts from the Freedom Caucus voted present, which allowed the bill to pass 17-16.
Read about the main points of the bill at this link:
The committee didn’t meet until after 10 pm on Sunday, delayed because the four conservatives had voted against the legislation on Friday, as they wanted more cuts. By Sunday night they had found it more valuable to move the bill forward by their “present” votes.
The bill will still have to be debated in the Senate, where Sen. Lisa Murkowski has already hinted that she may be a dissenting vote unless Planned Parenthood and green energy initiatives from the Biden era be funded.
