House GOP tries again to push Trump's budget package forward after setback

Washington — The House Budget Committee plans to return late Sunday to attempt for a second time to move President Trump's domestic policy bill closer to the finish line after conservatives rebelled Friday over concerns the legislation does not contain steep enough spending cuts. 

Five Republicans — Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania — voted against advancing the legislation when the committee met Friday to stitch together the various parts of the reconciliation package into a single bill. Smucker said he supported the bill but changed his vote at the last minute so the committee could bring it up again once their issues were resolved. 

None of the Democrats in the committee voted to advance the measure, causing the vote to fail. Most legislation needs to be voted out of committee to make it to the House floor, where Republicans only afford to lose a small amount of votes due to the slim majority.