Republican budget at risk in the House

Published July 21, 2017 4:01am ET



Republican lawmakers on Thursday were unsure of whether they would be able to find the votes to pass their 2018 budget plan anytime soon, even though the plan was easily approved in the House Budget Committee a day earlier.

The GOP needs a budget to pass tax reform this year, since the budget will set up privileged legislation on tax reform that couldn’t be filibustered by Democrats in the Senate.

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