House passes Trump's plan to claw back $15 billion in spending

By artappraiser on Thu, 06/07/2018 - 10:51pm |

By Juliegrace Brufke & Niv Ellis @ TheHill.com, June 7

The House voted along party lines late Thursday to pass a White House proposal that would claw back nearly $15 billion in previously approved government funding.

The House approved the measure in a vote of 210-206, with conservatives calling it a step in the right direction after they ripped into the price tag of the $1.3 trillion spending bill President Trump signed earlier this year.

Trump had pushed lawmakers earlier this week to vote in favor of the plan, known as the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, which GOP leaders have been working on for two months [.....]

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/391252-house-passes-trumps-plan-to-claw-back-15-billion-in-spending