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Chris Stein in Washington

Trump’s sweeping bill looms large over Democrats and Republicans as they head for recess

a man in a suit speaks into a microphone onstage
Representative Mike Flood answers questions from constituents during a town hall in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Monday. Photograph: Scott Morgan/Reuters

Earlier this summer, Republican lawmakers gathered around Donald Trump and applauded as he sat before a desk outside the White House and put his signature on what he calls his “one, big, beautiful bill”.

But there were few claps for Mike Flood this week when the Republican congressman appeared before an auditorium of his Nebraska constituents to extol the tax and spending legislation’s benefits – just boos and jeers.

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