Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Finally Passed

The US Congress has passed President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill, a major and hard-won victory for the president’s domestic agenda.

The House of Representatives passed the bill on Thursday afternoon by a vote of 218 to 214 after a long session on Capitol Hill. It had earlier approved the Senate by just one vote on Tuesday.

Trump has given the Republican-controlled Congress a July 4 deadline to send him a final version of the bill so he can sign it into law.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has predicted that the bill could increase the US budget deficit by $3.3 trillion (about £2.4 trillion) over the next 10 years and leave millions without health insurance – although the White House disagrees with this prediction.

The bill marks Trump’s first major legislative success of his second term. It comes after a fierce lobbying campaign by Republican leaders, who have sought to unite a divided party behind a broader domestic agenda.

The historic Republican victory comes just six months after Trump took office. It was a bill that was in limbo until the final vote.

Source: BBC

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