US EditionHouse works into the night as Republicans push ahead on Trump's 'big bill'
- House Republicans worked overnight to advance President Trump's large legislative package on May 13-14 in Washington, D.C.
- The bill aims to extend the 2017 tax cuts and include Trump's 2024 campaign promises amid sharp debate from Democrats, advocacy groups, and some Republicans.
- The package includes more than $5 trillion in tax cuts, nearly $800 billion in reductions to Medicaid affecting tens of millions of beneficiaries, $290 billion cut from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program , and a $4 trillion increase to the federal debt ceiling.
- Trump said passing this bill would be like a 'rocket ship for our country,' while Democrats warned millions could lose health coverage and criticized it as a GOP tax scam.
- Lawmakers aim to pass the full package by July 4 to avoid default, with Senate Republicans working on their own version after the House vote.
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Republicans advance Trump's tax cut plan after all night debate
Republicans in the US Congress advanced elements of President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget package on Wednesday after a debate that lasted through the night, as a key committee voted along party lines to approve tax cuts that would add trillions of dollars to the US debt.
House lawmakers meeting on key pieces of Trump agenda see long hours, fiery debate over Medicaid
WASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats grew weary in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill as they slogged through at-times contentious debate over provisions in President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending cuts package.
House lawmakers meeting on key pieces of Trump agenda see long hours, fiery debate over Medicaid | News Channel 3-12
By Lauren Fox and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Republicans and Democrats grew weary in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill as they slogged through at-times contentious debate over provisions in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package. The House Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce panels held marathon sessions overnight, while a third committee, Agriculture, paused late Tuesday night and was set to convene…
AOC rails against GOP lawmaker's 'terribly disrespectful comment' at late-night hearing
New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez railed against her Republican colleagues for making a “terribly disrespectful comment” in a late-night Medicaid debate, according to a report from Politico. The incident happened around 3am Wednesday as the House Energy and Commerce panel began markin...
Lawmakers race the clock to finish work on President Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Several congressional committees are fighting the clock as Republican leadership tries to include all of President Donald Trump's priorities, but some issues could spell disaster for the legislative package. Democrats pushed back all throughout the night as Republicans try to hammer through hundreds of pages of legislative text to make reconciliation a reality. "We are long past due for identifying and extracting the waste…
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