House Passes Budget Resolution After Last-Minute GOP Deal-Making, Setting Stage For Reconciliation

By Jalen Brown / February 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM

The House narrowly passed its controversial multitrillion-dollar budget resolution late Tuesday (Feb. 25) in a 217-215 vote after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) won over most Republican holdouts at the eleventh hour, paving the way for a reconciliation bill that lets the GOP bypass a Democratic filibuster in the Senate and push through a spending package aligned with President Donald Trump’s priorities.


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