The amendment to the package, which advanced out of the Rules Committee, includes speeding up Medicaid work requirements and expanding the state and local tax deduction.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will attempt to pass President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, following weeks of intra-party divisions of how deeply to cut spending.

A vote on Trump’s big budget bill could come early Thursday morning. The legislation would extend tax cuts and add billions in new spending – and trillions in debt.