Republicans take first step to move $95B party-line package

Reconciliation 3.0 is on the move in the House.

House Republicans advanced their budget plan out of committee Thursday afternoon — the initial legislative step toward clearing their third party-line budget reconciliation package ahead of the impending August recess.

The House Budget Committee voted to approve a budget resolution along party lines, 20-14. The measure would unlock $95 billion for a GOP-only package to deliver funding President Donald Trump has demanded for the Pentagon, farmers and other priorities.

What the budget blueprint doesn’t contain is instructions to committees to find the vast savings that fiscal hawks were looking for…

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