House passes Trump’s massive tax bill, sending it to Trump’s desk to be signed

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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House passes Trump’s massive tax bill and both parties are pushing to shape public opinion. Then, the jobs report shows that U.S. job growth exceeded expectations this month. Plus, presidential historian Jon Meacham weighs in on where the country is heading on its 249th birthday. Peter Baker, Sam Stein, Basil Smikle, Ron Insana, Max Chafkin, Jon Meacham, and Emma Goldberg join The 11th Hour this Thursday.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the president's massive tax bill passes the House, and now both parties are rushing to frame how Americans think about it.
0:08.7	What's at stake ahead of next year's midterms?
0:11.5	Then money, power politics.
0:14.3	Markets jump on a strong jobs report.
0:16.8	We're digging into the numbers.
0:18.5	Plus, historian John Meacham is here to reflect on this moment in our country ahead of July 4th.
0:24.9	At the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:31.6	Greetings, everyone.
0:32.8	I'm Simone Sanders Townsend in for Stephanie Rule.
0:35.7	It is 165 days. Yes, it's day 165 of the second Trump
0:41.1	administration. And President Donald Trump has gotten his wish. After plenty of infighting,
0:46.7	Republicans in Congress passed his gargantuan budget bill, full of tax breaks, spending that will
0:52.3	supercharge the debt, and cuts that will kick millions of
0:55.3	Americans off of their health insurance. My colleague Ryan Nobles gets us started tonight.
1:03.2	Tonight, a major victory for the Donald Trump agenda. The motion is adopted.
1:09.3	The House, passing his multi-trillion dollar sprawling spending bill, designed to fund a wide range of campaign promises,
1:17.5	including extending tax cuts passed in his first administration, new military spending, and money to fund a mass deportation plan,
1:25.5	paying for it in part with steep cuts to food aid benefits,
1:28.7	clean energy funding, and Medicaid. President Trump celebrating the win before flying to a victory
1:34.4	rally in Iowa. This is a great bill. This is going to be a great bill for the country.
1:38.8	The bill passed largely on party lines, with only two Republicans voting against it. One of those, Pennsylvania
1:45.5	Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, who dodged NBC News's questions. Why did you vote now?
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