Congress has cleared the first major hurdle in their efforts to pass a sweeping party-line bill to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Now the work begins. Trump’s agenda kickstarted by Congress. What happens next
The resolution approved Thursday in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives outlines how much lawmakers can spend and how much they must cut spending in the final package. That sets up weeks of debate on the details of new tax cuts and how much to spend on each program, as lawmakers flesh out the bare-bones resolution.
Republicans aim to pack the bill with policies that Trump promised on the campaign trail, from strengthening border security to extending the tax cuts Trump signed in his first term, which are set to expire at the end of the year.
They plan to pass it without the help of Democrats by using a process known as “reconciliation,” which allows them to skirt the Senate filibuster and its challenging 60-vote threshold.