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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
In a late vote last night,
the House Budget Committee voted to advance a multi-trillion dollar spending package.
NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports that last Friday,
a small group of Republican lawmakers voted to block the mammoth package.
House leadership spent the weekend in discussions with fiscal conservatives who voted against advancing the bill out of committee.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said one area of negotiation is accelerating work requirements for Medicaid.
concern the requirements wouldn't kick in soon enough.
The original holdouts ended up voting present at essentially a do-over committee vote late Sunday night,
which allows the bill to move forward.
But negotiations aren't over yet.
There are multiple groups within the conference who say they aren't yet satisfied.
Yet Johnson says they are still on track to pass the bill by Memorial Day.
Barbara Sprunt and PR News, the Capitol.
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to his office.