House Republicans pass budget resolution after reversing course on scrapping vote

The House of Representatives on Tuesday night stunningly passed its large budget resolution, despite House Republicans pulling the vote earlier in the night after they appeared to lack the votes.

The spending bill passed in a 217-215 vote after several Republican holdouts flipped. Republicans could only afford to lose two votes because of its slim majority and Democratic turnout, according to Politico.

The vote came through after House Republican leadership appeared to pull the budget resolution from the night's agenda after the leaders appeared to fail to flip the necessary GOP holdouts, but later rescheduled the vote to take place after all.

The holdouts included Reps. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Warren Davidson of Ohio, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana, but Burchett, Davidson, and Spartz flipped in the final vote, according to The Hill. Massie voted no. 

The budget includes $5 trillion in new spending including money for President Donald Trump's border security initiatives, and it extended the president's 2017 tax cuts. 

Negotiators from the Senate and House will now meet to try to draft a compromise bill that meets President Donald Trump's approval and can pass Congress. The Senate has already passed its bill.

Congress has until March 14 to get a final bill to Trump's desk before the federal government runs out of money to remain fully operational. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.