House Republicans advanced their leaders’ sweeping budget resolution Thursday while easily shooting down Democratic amendments one by one — including several aimed at protecting renewable energy and climate funding.
In approving its fiscal 2025 reconciliation framework late Thursday, House Budget Committee Republicans easily sidestepped Democrats’ repeated attempts to spare environmental, food assistance and health care programs from cuts. They also added language targeting federal regulations.
The 21-16 party-line vote followed hours of debate and sets up floor action in the coming weeks on Republicans’ multitrillion-dollar budget plan for conservative energy, defense, border and tax policy.
The resolution is nonbinding, laying out key instructions for committee chairs to pursue spending or cuts. It unlocks Republicans’ budget reconciliation process, which will allow them to bypass the Senate filibuster and pass their policy priorities with a simple-majority vote.
