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.

Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill cleared a major hurdle as the House Budget Committee advanced it late Sunday after GOP leaders caved to demands from ultraconservatives to speed up deep Medicaid cuts.