House Budget Committee Passes Budget Resolution

After more than seven hours of debate, the House Budget Committee approved a budget resolution on a party-line 21-16 vote. This huge bill includes everything from border security to tax cuts, energy policy to defense spending. The cuts in agriculture spending include hundreds of billions of dollars from federal nutrition assistance and increases in the SNAP work requirements. House leadership wants a floor vote before the end of the month. Meanwhile, the Senate is working on two different packages. To move forward with reconciliation, identical budget bills will need to be approved by both chambers.