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The bill includes more than $140 billion in spending on the Trump administration's plan to crack down on illegal immigration. That includes $50 billion for completing the wall on the southern border, $45 billion for detention centers, $8 billion to hire more immigration officers, and $14 billion for deportations.
A key House committee advanced President Donald Trump’s giant tax and spending package after Republican hardliners won agreement from party leaders to speed up cuts to Medicaid health coverage.The vote in the House Budget Committee paves the way for passage of the legislation as soon as Thursday,
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) urged House Republicans to heed President Trump’s advice on Medicaid, seeking to blunt efforts to significantly cut health benefits in the GOP’s mammoth budget bill.
Live updates and the latest news as Trump addresses House Republicans about the reconciliation bill and RFK Jr. testifies to Congress about DOGE cuts and his vaccine views.
1hon MSN
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and LEAH ASKARINAM WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill early Tuesday to seal the deal on his “big, beautiful bill,”