Trump’s Megabill on Course for Final House Vote

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

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Plus: Voters say President Trump is now more responsible for the economy than former President Joe Biden, according to a new poll. And the Pentagon estimates that U.S. strikes have delayed Iran’s nuclear program by up to two years. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Here is your morning brief for Thursday, July 3rd.
0:36.0	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:38.8	The U.S. House of Representatives is heading toward a final vote in the coming hours to pass
0:43.7	President Trump's tax and spending bill. That's after party leaders worked through the night
0:48.3	to change the minds of a handful of rank-and-file Republicans allowing the bill to clear a procedural
0:53.5	vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson
0:56.0	predicted a final vote by about 8 a.m. Eastern, potentially teeing up the legislation to be signed
1:01.5	by the president before his self-imposed July 4th deadline. Well, Trump voters now see the president
1:08.6	as more responsible for the state of the economy than former
1:11.7	President Joe Biden, putting them on the same page as people who voted for Kamala Harris in
1:16.5	November. That's according to UGov survey data gathered for the journal late last month.
1:22.2	However, voters' opinion on the president's handling of jobs in the economy remains divided
1:27.1	along partisan lines,
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