Well, this comes as a surprise. The devil is always in the details, but the initial highlights look promising considering the very narrow GOP majority. I don’t like the level of spending and additional debt. We must get our spending under control or we lose the nation. Check me if I’m wrong, but is this the first actual budget we’ve seen since 2019?

Republicans in the US House of Representatives have narrowly passed a sprawling government spending bill, a major boost for President Donald Trump as it advances his 2025 agenda.

 

The 217-215 vote was seen as a key early test for Republican House speaker Mike Johnson, who cancelled an earlier vote on the bill as it appeared he did not have enough support.

 

Several Republicans wanted more fiscal discipline from a budget that includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, funded partially by spending cuts but also by potentially increasing the US government’s substantial debt pile.

 

But the bill eventually passed along party lines, with all Democrats voting against and just one Republican – Thomas Massey of Kentucky – opposing it.