US House passes Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax and spending billThe US President's allies on Capitol Hill have celebrated its passage as a victory, with Johnson saying it "gets Americans back to winning again". Trump's "big, beautiful bill" passed with a vote of 215 votes to 214, with two Republicans joining Democrats to oppose it and one voting present. House Republicans have passed a sweeping multi-trillion dollar tax breaks package, a narrow victory for President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson after weeks of negotiations with conservative hold-outs. Long a policy priority of Trump's, the legislation extends soon-to-expire tax cuts passed during his first administration in 2017, as well as provides an influx of money for defence spending and to fund the president's mass deportations. Additionally, the bill makes significant spending cuts, including to the Medicaid healthcare programme for lower-income Americans as well as Snap, a food assistance programme used by more than 42 million Americans.