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US House Republicans pass Trump tax cut plan
The turn of events came after Johnson and No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise spent hours persuading holdouts to back the move, a preliminary step to extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts later this year.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a House Republican members conference meeting in Trump National Doral resort, in Miami, Florida, U.S. January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo / Reuters
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives late on Feb. 25 advanced President Donald Trump's tax-cut and border agenda, delivering a major boost to his 2025 agenda.
The vote on passage was 217-215, with one Republican voting in opposition and no Democrats supporting the controversial measure. One Democrat did not vote.
It followed an unusual series of maneuvers by Speaker Mike Johnson in which he canceled a vote on the bill -- apparently because it lacked the votes for passage -- and members of the House were advised there would be no further votes for the night. He then promptly reversed course, only to bring the budget up for passage.
The turn of events came after Johnson and No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise spent hours persuading holdouts to back the move, a preliminary step to extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts later this year.
Both leaders said Trump himself had also been contacting reluctant members about the need to advance the $4.5 trillion tax-cut plan, which would also fund the deportation of migrants living in the U.S. illegally, tighten border security, energy deregulation, and military spending.
"The president has talked to a number of members. He's made his intentions well known and he wants them to vote for this and move it along," Johnson added.
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