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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino

House passes Republican budget framework paving way for Trump’s agenda

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Mike Johnson holds a press conference in Washington DC on Tuesday. Photograph: Nathan Posner/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

The House Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, muscled through a multitrillion-dollar budget framework that paves the way for Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”, a day after a rightwing rebellion threatened to sink it.

The resolution passed in a 216-214 vote, with just two Republicans – fiscal conservatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana – joining all Democrats in opposition.

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