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US Congress passes Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'; President to sign it on Friday

Washington, July 3 (UNI) The US House on Thursday passed the “big, beautiful bill”, the signature piece of legislation of President Donald Trump's second term, that includes trillions of dollars in tax and spending cuts while ramping up funding for defence and implementing the administration's immigration agenda.
The lower chamber voted 218 to 214 to approve the measure, with two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania — joining all Democrats in opposing the bill. The Senate had passed the legislation earlier this week.
President Trump plans to sign the bill at a ceremony at the White House on Friday, coinciding with the July 4 holiday, CBS news reported.
The final vote came after an overnight scramble by Speaker Mike Johnson to secure the necessary GOP votes to proceed, and then a record-breaking speech from House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries that lasted for 8 hours and 44 minutes.
No changes were made by the House to the Senate version of the bill, despite some grumbling from House Republican hardliners over the Senate changes to Medicaid and the deficit. Some of those holdouts say Trump made promises to get their votes, including saying he'd make the bill "better" in the future.
Former President Joe Biden criticized the passage of President Trump's spending bill on X.
"The Republican budget bill is not only reckless -- it's cruel. It slashes Medicaid and takes away health care from millions of Americans. It closes rural hospitals and cuts food assistance for our veterans and seniors," Biden wrote. "It jacks up energy bills. And it could trigger deep cuts to Medicare while driving up the deficit by $4 trillion. All of this to give a massive tax break to billionaires. Working people deserve better."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that it will be a "big, beautiful signing ceremony" on Friday for the legislation that was originally called the "One Big, Beautiful Bill" by Republicans and the president, before Senate Democrats had the name stricken from the text.
Earlier, Trump ramped up the pressure over Truth Social as a handful of Republican holdouts didn't appear to be budging, declaring: "FOR REPUBLICANS, THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY YES VOTE.
RIDICULOUS!!!""What are the Republicans waiting for??? What are you trying to prove??? MAGA IS NOT HAPPY, AND IT'S COSTING YOU VOTES!!!" Trump wrote shortly after midnight.
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