House GOP approves "big, beautiful bill"

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved a budget framework that advances up to $1.5 trillion in tax breaks and cuts. The 216-214 vote pushed the budget plan forward, one more milestone for House Speaker Mike Johnson, who could only lose a few detractors from his slim Republican majority. Johnson was forced to abandon Wednesday's scheduled budget vote as GOP hard-liners refused to support it and risked upending what the president calls the "big, beautiful bill," which is central to his agenda of tax cuts, mass deportations and a smaller federal government.