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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
NEW YORK, July 3 (Xinhua) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful tax and spending bill” with 218 members of Congress in favor and 214 against.
The bill will be sent to the president for signature by July 4, the deadline set by D. Trump.
Two Republican representatives, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, voted against the bill.
The House passed an earlier version of the bill in May and sent it to the Senate, where it was significantly revised and passed Tuesday by the narrowest of margins, with the vote of Vice President J.D. Vance.
The bill includes tax cuts and increased spending on the military and border security. It has been criticized for projecting a $3.3 trillion increase in the already large federal debt and cutting off access to Medicaid and food stamps for millions of people.
It is Trump’s first major legislative achievement of his second term. Republicans in Congress were divided on the bill, and it was voted on only after the president and his allies on Capitol Hill pressured undecided members of Congress and senators. –0–