Republicans clear procedural hurdle on tax bill

May 19, 2025, 10:14 AM UTC

GOP Panel Strikes Side Deal, Advances Tax Bill

House Republicans advanced a bill with trillions of dollars in tax cuts through a key committee late Sunday night, after striking a back-room deal with conservative holdouts to hasten a push to impose Medicaid work requirements and accelerate the phase-out of clean energy tax credits.

The House Budget Committee advanced the massive reconciliation bill by a vote of 17-16, with four critical members voting present. The vote clears a procedural hurdle and pushes Republicans another step closer to enacting much of President Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending agenda, including an extension of his 2017 ...

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