GOP tax and spending bill enters crucial week

Budget Brawl

House Republicans trying to muscle their massive tax-and-spending package through the chamber return to a quagmire this week with unhappy factions within their party.

Lawmakers hoped to leave on a high note Friday, but instead their multitrillion-dollar plans to jumpstart President Donald Trump’s agenda hit a speed bump when members of their own party tanked a crucial committee vote.

Despite the setback, lawmakers say they’re confident the package will pass before the House recesses for Memorial Day. The Budget Committee reconvened Sunday evening and advanced the package after four conservative Republicans who had opposed it Friday voted present ...