House Narrowly Passes Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”

The Washington Post reports:

House Republicans approved President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and immigration agenda Thursday morning, sending to the Senate legislation that the GOP hopes will transform the federal government and the economy and power the White House’s drive to deport immigrants and build up the military.

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, as the measure is formally known, extends trillions of dollars in tax cuts from his first term along with new campaign promises — including no taxes on tips and overtime wages — and hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending.

But the legislation, carries a hefty price tag. The latest projection from Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers’ nonpartisan bookkeeper, showed it will add $2.4 trillion over 10 years to the national debt, which already exceeds $36 trillion.

Read the full article. The just-ended session lasted nearly 22 hours. The Senate will consider the bill after the Memorial Day break.

House votes 215-214-1 to send the Senate the “big, beautiful bill” that would extend the 2017 GOP tax law and cut hundreds of billions in federal spending from programs for lower-income Americans, like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. pic.twitter.com/s4IhsEqUX3

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