Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending bill appears on the verge of passing the US House of Representatives, after the Democratic minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, delivered a record-breaking address in a fruitless effort to stop its passage.
Jeffries condemned the bill in a floor speech that began on Thursday morning and lasted for eight hours and 44 minutes, breaking the previous record set by the former top Republican Kevin McCarthy, when he spoke against Joe Biden’s agenda in 2021.