House leaders were struggling with a votes deficit as they began an uphill climb on floor action on the Senate-adopted budget Wednesday.

The House is preparing to vote on a budget blueprint, a first step towards passing President Trump’s plans for spending and tax cuts.

Despite a shove from President Donald Trump, House Republicans abruptly postponed a vote late Wednesday on their budget framework, unable to convince conservative GOP holdouts who had raised grave misgivings over allowing trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Paul Atkins as President Donald Trump's choice to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, installing the business-friendly lawyer atop an agency in the throes of major change.

Rep. Andy Ogles personally warned Speaker Mike Johnson to not go ahead Wednesday with a contentious House vote essential to advancing Donald Trump’s agenda that had drawn scorn from the right.

House Republicans have abruptly postponed a late evening vote on their budget framework as grave misgivings from conservative GOP lawmakers threw it in flux.

The new resolution calls for more tax cuts and fewer reductions in spending. It would increase the federal debt by a lot more.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Ronald Johnson, a former CIA officer and ambassador to El Salvador, as ambassador to Mexico, amid ties strained by President Donald Trump's tariff policy and talk he might send in troops to fight drug cartels.