US House approves Trump tax cuts mega-bill
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Washington: The Republican led US House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve President Donald Trump s sprawling tax relief and spending cuts m...
Washington: The Republican-led US House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve President Donald Trump's sprawling tax relief and spending cuts mega-bill that critics warn would decimate health care while ballooning the debt.
The "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act" -- which now moves to the Senate -- would usher into law Trump's vision for a new "Golden Age," led by efforts to shrink social safety net programs to pay for a 10-year extension of his 2017 tax cuts.
"Legislation of this magnitude is truly nation shaping and life changing," said House Speaker Mike Johnson ahead of the largely party-line vote, which capped a marathon debate that went through the night.
"It's the kind of transformational change that future generations will study one day. They'll look back at this day as a turning point in American history."
The mammoth package passed along party lines -- 215 votes to 214 -- after Republican leadership quelled a rebellion on the party's right flank that threatened its passage.
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