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By Open Chronicle Staff with Agencies
Washington, D.C. — In a razor-thin 218-214 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut and spending reform bill on Thursday, delivering a major legislative win just ahead of Independence Day. All House Democrats and two Republicans opposed the bill, which includes $4.5 trillion in tax breaks, steep cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, and increased funding for border enforcement and national defense.
House Speaker Mike Johnson celebrated the bill as a cornerstone of Trump’s second-term agenda. “With one big, beautiful bill, we are going to make this country stronger, safer, and more prosperous than ever before,” Johnson said.
🚨BREAKING: Congress sends Trump's Big Beautiful Bill to his desk after dramatic all-night House vote
House GOP has met Trump's ambitious July 4 deadline — a sweeping MAGA victory on taxes, the border, energy, welfare reform, and defense.
It PASSED 218-214.
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The bill will extend and expand 2017 tax breaks, allow workers to deduct overtime and tips, and create a new deduction for low-income seniors. But it also imposes new work requirements for safety net programs and rolls back green energy incentives.
Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries staged an 8-hour, 44-minute floor speech in protest, calling the bill “trickle-down cruelty.” The Congressional Budget Office warned it could leave 11.8 million more Americans without health coverage and add $3.3 trillion to the deficit over a decade.
Despite internal GOP divisions and heavy lobbying, Trump’s influence helped push the bill through. He is expected to sign it into law on Friday.