The House narrowly adopted the Senate’s budget resolution Thursday morning, allowing Republicans to begin crafting their reconciliation bill after months of planning.
House and Senate leaders — and President Donald Trump — whipped up enough support among skeptical conservatives to muscle the budget plan through on a 216-214 vote.
Adoption of the latest blueprint, which the upper chamber approved last week, effectively kicks off what could be the trickiest part of the reconciliation process.
Reconciliation enables budget-related bills to pass by simple majority. Republicans want to use the process to extend the 2017 tax cuts while repealing clean energy tax credits, rolling back environmental regulations, boosting fossil fuel production and possibly canceling federally funded clean energy projects.
