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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman and Eric Garcia

Trump’s spending bill may face a big problem: Disgruntled Senate Republicans

After a chaotic evening on the House floor Tuesday night, Republicans narrowly passed the President Donald Trump-approved budget blueprint — but it may not get too far in the Senate.

GOP leadership briefly ditched plans to take a vote on the bill on Tuesday evening. Moments later, having swayed enough of the four conservative holdouts, leaders called lawmakers back to the House floor to take a vote; it passed 217-215.

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