WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday morning narrowly passed a massive domestic policy package, a major victory for President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., after weeks of heated negotiations within the GOP.
The multitrillion-dollar tax cut and spending measure now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have vowed to change it.
Following hours of overnight debate, the vote on final passage in the House was 215-214, with two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio — joining all Democrats present in opposition.
Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., the leader of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, voted present. Reps. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., and David Schweikert, R-Ariz., did not vote.
Dubbed by Trump as the “big, beautiful bill,” the legislation extends the president’s expiring tax cuts passed in 2017 and contains an infusion of money to expand the military and carry out his mass deportation plans. It also fulfills two of Trump’s campaign promises: eliminating taxes on tips and overtime work.
The bill also slashes spending in other areas, including hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), while rescinding a series of clean energy tax credits