Republicans passed US President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending bill Thursday, delivering the president a major victory after hours of debate and the quelling of a revolt among some GOP Congress members.
The bill will enact a series of tax cuts while cutting health care spending.
GOP leadership had had to water down several of the bill’s provisions, leading to chaos, Semafor’s Dave Weigel reported: Republicans found themselves defending parts of the legislation, such as tax breaks for Social Security, which had been taken out or diluted.
Still, Speaker Mike Johnson had remained confident that it would pass before July 4 after persuading party holdouts to vote yes on allowing the bill to come up for debate.
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