Story highlights Trump said the House GOP is onto something "very historic" regarding

The dig on the framework has been that while it is silent on many key details, those measures it does specify disproportionately favor the rich

Trump called Democrats' critique that the plan will benefit the rich an "automatic talking point"

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump urged House members to adopt the Senate's budget this week and follow through on tax reform during a House GOP conference call Sunday.

"We are on the verge of doing something very, very historic," Trump said, according to a Republican source speaking with CNN.

House leaders updated members on the Senate's passage of its budget, which was revised at the House's request, and the House's plan to pass that budget this coming week during the call, which Vice President Mike Pence also took part in.

House Speaker Paul Ryan told members that he wants tax reform enacted by the end of the year, and passing the revised Senate budget this week provides the best shot to get it done on that timeline.

In an interview that aired on Fox News earlier Sunday, Trump dismissed Democratic leaders' assertions that the Republican tax reform proposal will hurt the middle class as "their standard" line and claimed the GOP proposal would bring the "biggest tax cuts ever in the history of this country."

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