US House passes Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
The US House on Thursday voted to approve President Donald Trump’s massive package of tax and federal spending cuts, clearing the bill to be sent to the president’s desk for his signature.
The bill was approved after a largely party-line vote of 218 to 214. Two Republicans – Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Thomas Massie of Kentucky – joined with the House’s 212 Democrats to oppose the bill.
The approval came after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the modern-day record for longest House floor speech, using his “magic minute” to speak for hours against the bill and drawing out debate on the package.
The bill could add an estimated $3.4 trillion to the national debt over a decade.
The bill cleared a key hurdle early after Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson convinced a group of Republican holdouts to change their votes.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke on the chamber floor against the bill for a record-breaking eight hours and 44 minutes, delaying the final vote.
The bill, passed by the Senate earlier this week, includes tax cuts and funding boosts for the Pentagon and border security.
It also includes more contentious spending cuts to pay for the rest of the bill, including the biggest downsizing of the federal safety net in decades.



















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