Mike Johnson muscles Trump’s budget bill through the House in roller-coaster vote

Published February 25, 2025 8:23pm ET



The House adopted its GOP budget resolution after leadership briefly pulled it from the floor Tuesday night, a dramatic win for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after hard-line conservatives seemed poised to sink the vote.

In a 217-215 vote, only Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) joined all Democrats in voting “no” on the measure, allowing the resolution to survive. It now heads to the Senate, where intense negotiations will begin as the upper chamber already adopted part one of its two-bill reconciliation plan.

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