A key House committee advanced President Donald Trump’s giant tax and spending package after Republican hardliners won agreement from party leaders to speed up cuts to Medicaid health coverage.The vote in the House Budget Committee paves the way for passage of the legislation as soon as Thursday,

The Congressional Budget Office has said the bill, if enacted, would cause more than 8 million people to lose their coverage.

President Trump's budget bill, dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which adds new requirements to and cuts Medicaid to help pay for tax cuts, has passed the House budget committee vote.