House passed the budget blueprint to advance Trump’s agenda

The DPR narrowly chose to approve the GOP Budget blueprint on Thursday with the votes 216-214, giving a big victory to President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda.

Trump congratulated the DPR for the passage of the bill, said in a post on the social platform of truth that this “set a stage for one of the biggest and most important signing in the history of our country.”

“Among the many other things, it will be the largest tax and regulation deduction that has ever been contemplated,” Trump said.

Minister of Finance Scott Besent called the Bill Perisop “a statement of purpose and strength.”

“Trump’s administration will continue to encourage certainty, simplicity, and stability that will open long -term prosperity for all Americans,” Besent said in a statement.

DPR speaker Mike Johnson suffered a setback on Wednesday night when he was forced to cancel the planned vote due to the opposition from a small group of Republican hardliners who were worried that the budget would add to the state deficit.

Standing with the majority leader of Senate John Thune on Thursday morning, Johnson said he had “very productive” considerations with members on Wednesday night and on Thursday tried to highlight efforts to cut expenses of more than one trillion dollar.

“We are committed to finding at least $ 1.5 trillion in savings for the American people while also preserving our important programs,” Johnson said.

Thune seems less enthusiastic about the target of deficit reduction but gently supports the high purpose of the DPR for budget savings – announcing the senate ambitions for fiscal sustainability “in harmony with the DPR.”

“We have to do something to get a country on a more sustainable way fiscal and that requires us to take difficult rubbing from our government, find out where we can find the savings,” Thune said. “The speaker has spoken about $ 1.5 trillion. We have many US senators who believe it is the minimum and we will do everything we can to be as aggressive as possible.”

President Trump, who was personally involved in an effort to adopt the move, had considered on the previous Thursday morning that the Republican party “was getting closer.”

“‘The Big Bill, Indah’ ​​came very well. The Republican Party cooperated well.

GOP House leaders have scrambled for the past week to lock the votes, after more than 20 Republicans expressed concern that the Senate resolution set a floor of only $ 4 billion in savings. Before the vote, Johnson said he had the support needed.

“Our goal is to fulfill our promise,” Johnson said.

ABC News’ Alexandra Hutzler contributed to this report.