House passes sweeping tax cuts package | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

House passes sweeping tax cuts package | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
May 23, 2025

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House passes sweeping tax cuts package | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday.

With last-minute concessions and stark warnings from Trump, the Republican holdouts largely dropped their opposition to salvage the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that’s central to the GOP agenda. The House launched debate before midnight and by dawn the vote was called, 215-214, with Democrats staunchly opposed. It next goes to the Senate.

“To put it simply, this bill gets Americans back to winning again,” said Johnson, R-La.

The outcome caps an intense time on Capitol Hill with days of private negotiations and public committee hearings, many happening back-to-back and around-the-clock.

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