Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' passes House Budget Committee vote
Source: ABC News
May 18, 2025, 11:05 PM
The House Budget Committee voted late Sunday night to advance President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" after several GOP hard-liners blocked the measure from moving forward Friday. The vote passed down party lines 17-16, with four Republicans voting present.
Conservative Reps. Chip Roy, Andrew Clyde, Josh Brecheen and Ralph Norman all voted present -- a change from their no votes on Friday. Next, the Rules Committee will hold its meeting midweek, teeing up a vote on the floor by the end of the week.
The vote's passage in the House Budget Committee comes after House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Sunday that "talks have gone great."
Sources told ABC News ahead of the vote that lawmakers had not yet reached a deal on several sticking points related to SALT and Medicaid reform. Key components of the bill look to provide major tax breaks by cutting spending elsewhere, including hundreds of billions in cuts to Medicaid.
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If they had voted "nay" then it would not have gotten out of Committee. As a reminder, this vote was just for the Committee.
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