In a razor thin vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the budget resolution, which would cut trillions of dollars in taxes while scaling back safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP. Kentucky’s House delegation, five Republicans and one Democrat, were split on the bill. GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, who has long expressed dissatisfaction with the bill, voted “no,” as did Democratic Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Louisville.

Massie was one of just two Republican dissent votes — with another Republican voting “present” — drawing the ire of President Donald Trump. The president told reporters before privately addressing the caucus Tuesday, “I don’t think Thomas Massie understands government. I think he’s a grand stander.”

Other members of Kentucky’s Congressional delegation have been effusiv

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