House GOP approves 'technical changes' to Trump agenda bill
(The Hill) House Republicans on Wednesday greenlighted a series of “technical changes” to the party’s tax cut and spending package, removing language that would have thrown their effort off course in the Senate.
The chamber approved the tweaks — which were tucked inside a procedural rule for a separate measure — in a 213-207 vote, weeks after Republicans passed the sprawling package full of President Trump’s legislative priorities. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the lone GOP “no” vote.
The adopted rule also tees up a final vote on the White House’s bill to claw back $9.4 billion in federal spending.
House GOP leaders moved to make the changes after the Senate parliamentarian scrubbed through the legislation — a procedure known as the “Byrd bath” — and identified provisions and language that do not comply with the strict rules for the budget reconciliation process, which the GOP trifecta is using to circumvent a Democratic filibuster in the Senate and approve the bill by a simple majority.
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