The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a budget plan that lays the groundwork for extending President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, overcoming opposition from Republican hardliners who worried that it does not cut spending sufficiently.

The Knoxville Republican was initially among the holdouts that forced House Speaker Mike Johnson to postpone the vote.

Congress has cleared the first major hurdle in their efforts to pass a sweeping party-line bill to enact President Donald Trump's agenda. Now the work begins. The resolution approved Thursday in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives outlines how much lawmakers can spend and how much they must cut spending in the final package.

The US House of Representatives has passed a budget bill that includes massive cuts to taxes and government spending on Thursday despite opposition from Democrats and Republican hard-liners. The spending plan is a key plank in Donald Trump's legislative agenda and he has called it a "big,

Politicians and economists say President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff rollout amounted to a historic tax increase in the United States. “Donald Trump just imposed the largest tax hike in our lifetime,

Trump’s partial tariff retreat still leaves most import taxes in place, and the Congressional Republican tax cut plans won’t offset them.

President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social that he has “ authorized a 90 day PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%.” Trump also raised the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.