US House passes Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill after record-setting speech

US President Donald Trump’s spending and tax cuts bill has cleared the US House of Representatives, with a largely party-line vote of 218 to 214. Two Republicans joined with the House’s 212 Democrats to oppose the bill: Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Thomas Massie of Kentucky. The legislation has faced criticism that it will add $3.3 trillion to the national debt and will cut social safety-net programmes such as Medicaid. Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has set a record for the longest House-floor speech, as he protested the “One Big Beautiful Bill” as reckless. Al Jazeera’s Rosalind Jordan reports from Washington, DC. John Diamond is Director of the Center for Tax and Budget Policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute. He joins us from Houston, Texas to discuss the latest developments. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #UnitedStates #USCongress #USHouseOfRepresentatives #TrumpTaxBill #BigBeautifulBill #TaxBreaks #SpendingCuts #USTaxReform #HakeemJeffries #DonaldTrump #TaxBill #Medicaid #MikeJohnson