The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a budget plan that lays the groundwork for extending President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, despite opposition from all Democrats and two Republicans who worried that it does not cut spending sufficiently.

President Donald Trump’s drive to enact trillions of dollars in tax cuts and raise the federal debt is on track after he and congressional leaders successfully corralled House Republican lawmakers to approve a Senate-passed budget outline.

House Republicans will try to hoist their budget framework to approval despite grave misgivings from conservative GOP lawmakers