Republicans have set a self-imposed July 4 deadline to pass the legislation in both chambers and send it to Trump’s desk.

The measure would boost funding for border security and the Defense Department, eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, provide a new tax deduction to seniors and renew the 2017 tax cuts passed during the first Trump administration.

The multitrillion-dollar tax cut and spending bill now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have vowed to make changes.

The House narrowly passed the megabill on President Donald Trump’s priority agenda early this morning, with support from lone Republican Mark Amodei and Nevada’s Democratic members voting

The findings appeared to inch the government closer to a constitutional showdown, as President Trump increasingly claims expansive powers over the nation’s purse strings.

Live updates and the latest news as Trump hosts South Africa's president and the House Rules Committee meets to on the Republicans' budget bill.

The president and his aides believe his political instinct to not allow deeper cuts to the program is sharper than those of his House colleagues.