The approval on May 18 advances the measure toward possible passage in the House of Representatives later this week.

The committee's top Democrat, Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., began by asking Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, the chairman, to be ...

On Sunday evening, the four voicing concerns about the bill's impact on the deficit voted present, and the measure passed by a vote of 17-16.