From WNYC Studios. I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Thursday, May 22nd.

The House of Representatives passed the president's massive tax cut, spending cut, and borrowing bill at around 7 o'clock this

morning after another all-nighter. It also increases spending on some Republican priorities.

It now goes to the Senate where it will likely get another real debate. We'll talk to Senator

Gillibrand in just a minute. But to catch you up a little bit, since this is all so new,

as the New York Times describes it, the legislation would slash taxes, steer more money to the

military and border security, and pay for some of this with cuts to Medicaid, food assistance,

education, and clean energy programs. The Times says the bill adds significantly

to federal deficits and to the ranks of the uninsured. The Times also notes some last-minute

changes and additions. You know, we've been looking for those things snuck into the bill

in the middle of the night, since they were up all night, several nights this week,

when you probably weren't paying attention. They include this culture war item, expanding the

ban on the use of Medicaid funds for gender transition measures like puberty blockers,

hormones, and surgical procedures. Here's the expansion. The Times says it was expanded to include

adults, not just children and teenagers. So it's the expansion. The Times says it was expanded to include adults, not just children and teenagers.

So it's the children and teenagers who've been, you know, at the point of the spear of people opposing

that kind of thing.

Now they're saying, nope, adults, you can't get the funding for it either.

Also, a faster phase-out of existing tax credits

for low-carbon electricity has been added to the bill, but the timeline is reportedly much more

flexible for new nuclear plants. And there's an item in this bill that the president is calling

what else? Trump accounts, $1,000 for bonds for each newborn who is eligible during his

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