Trump-forward budget proposal imperiling Medicaid narrowly passes in Republican-led House – as it happened
by Coral Murphy Marcos (now); Lucy Campbell, LĂ©onie from US news | The Guardian on (#6VGNT)
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It's coming down to the wire for beleaguered House speaker Mike Johnson, who is trying to rally GOP holdouts behind his budget plan for enacting Donald Trump's agenda before the showdown vote this evening.
Amid Republican opposition threatening to derail his bill, Johnson was up late last night locked in talks with holdouts from across his party who remain skeptical of his outline plan for tax and spending cuts - as well as border security, energy and defense policy - via a single reconciliation bill.
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