Budget resolution clears U.S. House, paving way for negotiations with Senate on domestic spending package

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) last night was able to muster the votes to pass a budget resolution in his chamber that will begin the reconciliation process between the House and Senate in an attempt to forge a compromise bill that could lead to the passage of much of the White House?s domestic fiscal agenda.

Advocates are hoping the process yields an extension of the expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but paying for it could lead to deep cuts in other government programs, which could have downstream effects on state budgets. 

A final bill has to be narrowly crafted in order to proceed under the Senate?s reconciliation rules, which allow for a bill to pass with a simple majority and avoid a filibuster, which takes 60 votes to overcome. 

How they voted 

• Yassamin Ansari (D) ? Nay
• Andy Biggs (R) ? Yea
• Juan Ciscomani (R) ? Yea
• Eli Crane (R) ? Yea
• Paul Gosar (R) ? Yea
• Raul Grijalva (D) ? Not Voting
• Abraham Hamadeh (R) ? Yea