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Chris Stein in Washington

House passes Trump’s sweeping tax-cut bill and sends it to Senate

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Mike Johnson, the House speaker, seen here on Wednesday, successfully pushed the bill through his chamber in a knife’s-edge vote. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

Republicans in the House of Representatives won passage on Thursday of a major bill that would enact Donald Trump’s tax and spending priorities while adding trillions of dollars to the US debt and potentially preventing millions of Americans from accessing federal safety net benefits.

The One Big Beautiful Bill act was approved in the early morning hours mostly along party lines by the slim Republican majority, with 215 votes in favor and 214 against. Its passage ended weeks of negotiations that drew into question the GOP’s ability to find agreement on Trump’s top legislative priority in a chamber they control by just three seats.

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