U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen traveled Tuesday from Colorado to Washington, D.C., carrying her month-old infant in her arms to vote against a Republican budget plan the Lakewood Democrat described as “cruel and dangerous.”

The spending blueprint — seen as a crucial step in enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda — passed by the narrowest of margins, 217-215, in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives, with all but one Republican voting in favor and every Democrat opposed. The budget resolution outlines $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and $2 trillion in spending cuts in broad terms as the Senate charges ahead with its version of the legislation.

Colorado’s House delegation split along party lines in the vote, with all four Republicans — Lauren Boebert, Jeff Crank, Jeff Hurd and Gabe Evans — voting for it and the four Democrats — Pettersen, Diana DeGette, Joe Neguse and Jason Crow — voting no.

Pettersen, who has been working from home on maternity leave since before giving birth to her son Sam on Jan. 25, is part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers pushing to permit proxy voting by new parents in the House of Representatives, but the chamber’s GOP leadership has turned down the proposal.

“Unfortunately, I wasn’t given the opportunity to vote remotely after giving birth, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me from being here to represent my constituents and vote no on this disastrous Republican budget proposal,” Pettersen said on the House floor after the bill had passed. “Republicans and Trump promised to lower costs on day one, and instead, their priorities have been focused on ripping health care away from kids, seniors, moms and others who need it most.”

Added Pettersen: “All to fund tax breaks for billionaires like Elon Musk while increasing our national deficit by trillions of dollars. How can anyone show their face in their district after voting yes for this?”

Democrats and some Republican lawmakers say the House proposal sets up deep cuts in Medicare and other safety net programs, including food assistance and education funding. Republicans, however, insist that the plan maintains tax breaks that would otherwise expire at the end of the year and note that it doesn’t spell out the spending reductions its critics are describing.

“There’s a lot at stake; we must work towards better investments and greater savings within our federal government,” said Crank, a freshman Republican who represents El Paso County, in a statement issued after the legislation passed Tuesday night. “By passing this resolution, House Republicans are working towards advancing President Trump’s agenda.”

Evans, who took office in January after unseating the Democratic incumbent in one of the country’s closest congressional races, said in a video posted online after the vote that he wanted to “l level-set what this bill does do.”

“This bill does ensure that the median family of four in Colorado is not facing a tax increase of $2,040,” Evans continued.

“This bill ensures that the child tax credit is not cut in half. This bill ensures that small businesses do not see their tax rate doubled. This bill ensures that our small businesses can compete on a level playing field with large corporations whose tax rate is already permanently set. And finally, this bill does work to lower the price of energy and gas for everyday Americans by unlocking the process to empower American energy dominance, because I’m committed to making life affordable and safe for Americans in Coloradans.”

Evans came under fire before and after the vote from Democrats and progressive groups, who argue that the only way to satisfy some of the spending cuts laid out in the resolution is to slash funding for Medicaid, a program that provides health coverage for 1.1 million Coloradans, including about one-quarter of the residents of the Northern Front Range congressional district Evans represents.

Evans’ office pushed back on that conclusion in a statement to Colorado Politics late Tuesday, saying that “Medicaid cuts aren’t specifically listed in the resolution” and noting that “it’s been repeatedly stated the plan is to focus on waste, fraud and abuse within Medicaid and not cut benefits.”

“Those who seek to conflate a vote for the resolution with a cut to Medicaid benefits are more interested in stoking fear amongst Colorado’s most vulnerable instead of telling the truth about this process,” Evans’ office said.

The lawmaker’s political opponents weren’t buying it.

“Gabe Evans just sealed his political fate by inflicting this massive pain on Colorado families, and no amount of his desperate lies will save them from the political fallout of this vote,” said Justin Chermol, a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, in an emailed statement.

DeGette, the Denver Democrat who sits along with Evans on the House committee that oversees Medicaid and other health care spending, said in a statement after the vote that she will “fight to expose the danger these cuts pose to my constituents and all Americans.”

“House Republicans are lying to the American people,” DeGette said. “Although they claim they won’t touch Medicaid, they can’t pay for their tax giveaways to billionaires and corporations without deep cuts. They have directed my committee, the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over Medicaid, to cut $880 billion. These cuts can only come at the expense of our seniors, kids, and most vulnerable.”

Trump said on Wednesday during a Cabinet meeting at the White House that the budget he signs won’t touch Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, but instead will realize savings by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse, the Associated Press reported.