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The House-passed bill includes a large tax cut, as well as more money for defense and immigration enforcement, financed in part by slashing health, nutrition, education and clean energy programs.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) finished negotiating with warring factions of the House GOP conference late Wednesday and began alerting lawmakers about the final changes to Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. Votes could come in the wee hours Thursday morning.
Officially titled the "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act," this megabill fulfills a laundry list of President Donald Trump's campaign promises from taxes to border security. As House Republicans continue to negotiate the final details of the legislation,
The bill includes temporary tax breaks for tipped wages and overtime. And the proposal includes $140 billion for mass deportations and immigration enforcement ... and enough lawmakers came on board to pass it. "What we're going to do here this morning ...
From taxes to Medicaid to immigration, the GOP's party-line bill would reshape the federal budget and affect millions of Americans.
The bill, designed to carry out Trump’s agenda on taxes, immigration and energy, could have several implications for Connecticut.
The victory for Republicans came after Speaker Mike Johnson made concessions to holdouts in several factions and President Trump pressured the party to fall in line.
President Donald Trump warned Republicans on Wednesday that failure to pass his massive tax and immigration package would be “ultimate betrayal.” In a statement, the White House said the bill needs to “pass immediately” to keep promises that Trump and fellow Republicans made while campaigning.
At an unusual Sunday night session, four hardline Republican conservatives on the House Budget Committee allowed the bill to move forward as they pressed for deeper spending cuts in closed-door talks with Republican leaders and White House officials.
If passed into law, the bill would push 7.6 milion people off Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Cuts and new conditions for SNAP food aid would save $300 billion over ten years. Trump's 2017 tax cuts would be made permanent, costing $2 trillion over the next decade.