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House GOP passes Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ but it faces uncertain future in Senate

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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By the narrowest of margins, Republicans in the House passed President Trump's legislative wish list, setting up a future standoff with the Senate. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins tracked the shifting politics and policy throughout the night. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

By the narrowest of margins, Republicans in the House passed the president's legislative wish list early this morning, setting up a future standoff with the Senate.

0:09.5

Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin tracked the shifting politics and policy throughout the night.

0:16.2

Before most of the country was awake, a big, close vote.

0:21.4

On this vote, the Yaser 215, the Naser 214, with one answering present.

0:28.6

The bill is passed.

0:32.1

With cheers of USA, House Republicans passed their sweeping version of the president's agenda, the one big, beautiful bill, as Trump dubbed it.

0:42.6

Today, the House has passed generational, truly, nation-shaping legislation.

0:48.4

And it is big, more than a thousand pages.

0:51.2

It extends and expands trillions of dollars in tax breaks, spends hundreds

0:55.7

of billions on border security and defense. At the same time, it attacks spending elsewhere,

1:01.3

eliminating green energy tax incentives, adding new Medicaid requirements, and cutting snap

1:06.9

or food stamp funding to states. We live in the richest country on earth, for God's sake, and not a single kid in this

1:15.7

country should go to bed hungry.

1:18.0

In overnight debate, Democrats and Republicans sparred over whether the bill makes

1:22.6

overdue reforms or if it harms people in need.

1:25.9

The bill requires states to have skin in the game on SNAP.

1:30.3

The bill requires states to be more responsible about how Medicaid is funded.

1:34.5

The bill provides needed tax relief for seniors.

1:37.7

Enough with the BS about states having skin in the game.

1:40.5

This is about throwing families off of food assistance, and it's an awful thing to do.

1:45.7

Fights within the Republican majority nearly derailed this House version.

1:50.3

We should come to a deal that helps my middle class constituents be made a little more whole.

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