'Big Beautiful Bill' Passes With 2 GOP Holdouts

The "bill beautiful bill" has finally cleared the House, by a whisker. The massive spending package crucial to President Trump's domestic agenda passed 215-214 early Thursday after a marathon House session led by Speaker Mike Johnson, reports Axios.

• The bill: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes tax cuts, money for beefed-up border security, stricter work requirements on Medicaid, and much more. The Washington Post has a full breakdown.
• Outliers: GOP fiscal hawks had been holding up the bill as they negotiated for more spending cuts. Two Republicans ended up voting against the final measure, reports the Hill: Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio. The chair of the House Freedom Caucus, Andy Harris of Maryland, voted "present."

• What's next: The legislation now goes to the Senate, "where Republicans are expected to tear up many of the policy provisions sought by House GOP hardliners," per Politico.

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