House Republicans pass 'big, beautiful bill'
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President Donald Trump congratulated House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday following the passage of the GOP budget bill. The bill now heads to the Senate.Meanwhile, fallout continues after Trump's confrontational meeting on Wednesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa amid tensions between the two nations over the U.
After a meeting with Trump and conservative holdouts, Speaker Mike Johnson said he planned told hold a floor vote Wednesday night or Thursday morning.
Speaker Mike Johnson joked that he was "going to strangle" Andrew Garbarino for apparently falling asleep before the vote.
With last-minute concessions and stark warnings from Trump, the Republican holdouts largely dropped their opposition to salvage the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that’s central to the GOP agenda.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Republican bill would shrink resources for low-income households.
President Donald Trump urged House Republicans to stop negotiating and pass his sweeping filibuster-proof reconciliation bill Tuesday.
A bitter war waged by blue-state Republicans over the state-and-local-tax deduction, or SALT, is nearing a final resolution, according to people involved in the talks, after GOP leaders offered to slightly sweeten their offer. The group huddled Tuesday evening with Speaker Mike Johnson in hopes of wrapping things up.
President Donald Trump visited Capitol Hill to seek support for his “big, beautiful bill" from divided House Republicans.