House passes budget resolution containing $100B for defense

WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday narrowly adopted a budget blueprint that would invest an additional $100 billion in defense in the next decade as part of a sweeping Republican plan to enact President Donald Trump’s economic agenda.

Republicans pushed through the resolution with a 217-215 party-line vote, approving a plan that would raise spending for the military and security at the U.S.-Mexico border while slashing federal spending elsewhere and extending $4.5 trillion in tax cuts.

The framework for the House budget is part of a Republican effort to use a process called reconciliation to circumvent Democratic opposition and pass a massive financial package without needing 60 votes in the Senate.