
Congress Passes President Trump's Tax and Spending Bill
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Two Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the bill, including a Kentucky congressman.
House Republicans have lifted President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a self-imposed Fourth of July deadline. The tight roll call, 218-214, on Thursday came at a potentially high political cost, with two Republicans joining all Democrats opposed.
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Congress Passes President Trump's Tax and Spending Bill
Clip: Season 4 Episode 3 | 2m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
House Republicans have lifted President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a self-imposed Fourth of July deadline. The tight roll call, 218-214, on Thursday came at a potentially high political cost, with two Republicans joining all Democrats opposed.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipPresident Donald Trump's tax and spending cuts bill, often called the Big Beautiful bill, will become law.
Hours ago, the U.S. House gave its final approval, passing the same version that passed the U.S. Senate just days ago.
This is the bill that extends the 2017 tax cuts and also requires cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and food stamps.
Here's what two Kentucky congressmen had to say before the vote.
Promises made, promises kept from a president who campaigned on making the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent, who campaigned on preventing the largest tax increase in American history, who campaigned on no tax pretense, no tax on overtime, no tax for social Security benefits.
These are promises the president is keeping.
And, and Congress needs to recognize that 77 million Americans voted for this agenda, and we need to get it done to make sure we provide the economy, the jet fuel that it needs to raise wages for the American people.
Bill is a complete slap in the face to Kentuckians.
Yes.
35 rural hospitals are going to close more than any other state.
133,000 rural Kentuckians will be kicked off their health insurance, more than any other state.
Kentucky will lose $10 billion in rural Medicaid reimbursements, more than any other state.
I served in the Kentucky State Senate for ten years before coming to Congress.
I can tell you, we get more money every year as a state and federal Medicaid dollars than the entirety of the Kentucky state budget.
Congressman Morgan McGarvey, Kentucky's only congressional Democrats, voted against it.
So did Republican Thomas Massie, who says the cuts don't go far enough.
Kentucky's other House Republicans voted yes.
So now that the big beautiful bill has passed, we'll discuss the Medicaid portions of the bill and how Kentuckians could be affected by the changes to the system.
That's coming up Monday night on Kentucky tonight.
So we hope you'll join us for that and send us your questions.
That, again, is a Monday at 87 central right here on KETV.
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