9:06 a.m. EST, Feb. 26 Trump said the bill’s passage is a “Big First Step Win for Speaker Mike Johnson, and AMERICA” in a Truth Social post, calling on Congress to “start to BALANCE THE BUDGET,” while insisting “IT CAN BE DONE!!!”

House Republicans advanced a budget resolution Tuesday evening 217 to 215, clearing the first step to enacting President Donald Trump’s

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to adopt a budget framework supported by GOP leadership and President Donald Trump on Tuesday, allowing Speaker Mike Johnson to hold on to his image as a unifiying voice among Republicans in the chamber.

President Donald Trump has jumped in to help House Speaker Mike Johnson try to muscle a Republican budget blueprint to passage Tuesday

House Speaker Mike Johnson will try against the odds to muscle a Republican budget blueprint to passage this week

House Republicans narrowly approved a budget resolution advancing Donald Trump’s agenda, securing a major victory for Speaker Mike Johnson. The 217-215 vote came after intense lobbying, with Trump personally calling holdouts to secure support.

Tuesday night, after a tense few days of negotiations with wayward GOP congressmen, House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled his budget blueprint from the floor and sent members home only to … reverse the decision and then win the vote by the smallest possible margin.

President Trump called some Republican lawmakers to sway them to vote for House Speaker Mike Johnson's budget plan, as the congressional leader struggled to get the necessary numbers. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.