WASHINGTON –
The House on Thursday adopted a budget blueprint for President Trump’s agenda after Republican leaders scrambled to convince GOP holdouts who want deeper spending cuts to back it.
The resolution was adopted in a 216-214 vote, with two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana — joining all Democrats to vote against it.
About a dozen House conservatives ultimately flipped their opposition after receiving assurances from leaders that the Senate would pursue $1.5 trillion in savings, at a minimum.
“Our two chambers are directly aligned,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said before the vote. “We’re committed to finding at least $1.5 trillion in savings for the American people while also preserving our essential programs.”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, echoed that the Senate is “aligned with the House in terms of what their budget resolution outlined in terms of savings.”
“The speaker talked about $1.5 trillion dollars. We have a lot of United States senators who believe that is a minimum,” Thune said.
