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Newshour, Newshour, US House es 'big beautiful' tax and spending bill

Newshour

Newshour

US House es 'big beautiful' tax and spending bill

May 22, 2025

48 minutes

Available for 6 days

President Trump has welcomed a vote in the US House of Representatives approving a bill which extends huge tax cuts, and spending increases. It will be funded by government debt.

Also in the programme: A gunman kills two Israeli embassy staff in Washington; and competition for resources on the Svalbard archipelago.

(Picture: President Donald Trump with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the U.S. Capitol. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)