May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. House Rules Committee, after 22 hours of proceedings, late Wednesday advanced President Donald Trump's legislative agenda that experts say would add $3 trillion to the federal deficit and negatively affect the poorest of Americans.
Debate on the full House floor began early Thursday.
The House Rules Committee adopted the bill in an 8-4 vote along party lines. They first met shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday to consider the 1,116-page budget that is roughly $7 trillion
The Finance Committee late Sunday approved the legislation 17-16 along party lines with four Republicans who rejected the bill the first time on Friday voting present: Ralph Norman of Oklagoa, Chip Roy of Texas, Andrew Clyde of Georgia and Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma.
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