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The US Congress has passed President Donald Trump's huge tax breaks and spending cuts bill, bringing an end to days of debate and overnight voting in the Capitol. House Republicans propelled the $4.5 trillion (€3.8 trillion) One Big Beautiful Bill Act to final congressional passage on Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve Trump's signature second-term policy package before a 4 July deadline. The tight roll call, 218-214, came at a potentially high political cost, with two Republicans joining all Democrats opposed. GOP leaders worked overnight and the president himself leaned on a handful of sceptics to drop their opposition and send the bill to him to sign into law. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York delayed voting by holding the floor for more than eight hours with a record-breaking speech against the bill. "We have a big job to finish," said House Speaker Mike Johnson. "With one big bea...

The decision by three Republican senators to vote "no" on the megabill on its way back to the House before Donald Trump can sign it set off a mass outpouring of anger Tuesday afternoon on his Truth Social platform. Moments after the bill passed with Vice President JDVance's tie-breaker vote, GOP Sens. Thom Tillis (NC), Susan Collins (ME) and Rand Paul (KY) became enemies of the state in the eyes of the MAGA faithful, with one Trump fan calling them "insurrectionists." With a flood of complaints that the three are "Republicans in name only," or RINOs, commenter Monk lumped in Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) , who later admitted she would like to see the bill fail as it is written once it is returned to the House. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. "Now, primary Collins, Murkowski and Rand Paul!. America is sick of these RINO’s ," he wrote. Rugmakr added, "Yes indeed, ...