A mammoth bill advancing a broad range of President Donald Trump’s policy goals survived a key hurdle on Thursday, putting Republicans closer to their goal of passing a bill by sometime in May. The legislation passed the House Budget Committee on a party-line 21 to 16 vote and is expected to be taken up by the entire chamber for a floor vote later this month.

Now that it’s cleared committee in a 21 to 16 vote, Republicans intend to wrangle that blueprint through the House of Representatives after returning from next week’s recess, putting