House Budget Committee advances FY2025 budget resolution after heated markup; final committee vote 19–15

The House Committee on the Budget completed a full markup of the fiscal year 2025 concurrent resolution on the budget and voted to report the measure to the House after extended debate and a series of contested amendment fights.

Chair (Chair) opened the session, describing the markup process, time limits for members, and the committee’s goal of advancing a fiscal framework the majority says will balance in 10 years. ‘‘Our goal is to have the markup in which both sides will have the opportunity to debate the framework for the fiscal year 25 concurrent budget resolution,’’ the chair said in opening remarks.

Ranking Member Boyle sharply challenged that framing in his opening statement. ‘‘America’s economy today is the strongest in the world,’’ Boyle said, faulting the proposed Republican blueprint as a ‘‘MAGA budget’’ that, he argued, would cut vital programs and shift benefits to the wealthy.

Throughout the morning and afternoon, members from both parties debated the resolution’s assumptions — including the committee’s claim that the framework would reduce deficits by about $14 trillion over a decade while also locking in tax policy priorities — and pressed competing priorities such as defense, climate investments, health programs and anti‑fraud measures.

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