#Latest news with #fiscallegislationWashington Post23-05-2025BusinessWashington PostTrump and Johnson notch big win with House passage of sweeping tax billFor the fourth time since Donald Trump was sworn in as president this year, House Republicans managed to do the unthinkable: compromise to pass fiscal legislation with near total unanimity. That feat might not sound remarkable, but it is for a stubbornly opinionated GOP conference with the smallest House majority in nearly a century — only two Republicans opposed their party and rejected the package. House Republicans have clashed so many times over how to reduce federal spending and the deficit during the past two years that it has forced leaders to rely on Democrats to fund the government and contributed to the historic removal of a House speaker.
Washington Post23-05-2025BusinessWashington PostTrump and Johnson notch big win with House passage of sweeping tax billFor the fourth time since Donald Trump was sworn in as president this year, House Republicans managed to do the unthinkable: compromise to pass fiscal legislation with near total unanimity. That feat might not sound remarkable, but it is for a stubbornly opinionated GOP conference with the smallest House majority in nearly a century — only two Republicans opposed their party and rejected the package. House Republicans have clashed so many times over how to reduce federal spending and the deficit during the past two years that it has forced leaders to rely on Democrats to fund the government and contributed to the historic removal of a House speaker.
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