Donald Trump`s `big beautiful` tax cuts bill passes final hurdle in US Congress
The bill delivers tax breaks Mr Trump promised in his 2024 election campaign, cuts health and food safety programmes, and zeroes out dozens of green energy incentives.
According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, it will add $3.4trn to the US's $36.2trn debt.
But despite concerns over the 869-page bill's price tag - and its hit to healthcare programmes - Republicans largely lined up in support, with just two rebelling on the vote.
Every Democrat in Congress voted against the bill, blasting it as a giveaway to the wealthy that will leave millions of Americans uninsured.
House Speaker Mike Johnson made the Republicans' closing argument for the bill, telling Congress: " For everyday Americans, this means real, positive change that they can feel. "
Earlier, the House's Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries...
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