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The House of Representatives has passed the One Big Beautiful Bill. The package extends existing temporary tax cuts, makes ...
After a marathon overnight session capping days of negotiations, Senate Republicans passed their sweeping tax and spending bill.
President Trump signed a massive tax and spending bill to implement much of his domestic agenda during a celebration for the ...
The Senate is moving ahead on a massive tax and spending bill after a narrow vote, though major disagreements remain, including over Medicaid changes.
Senate Republican leaders are still negotiating details of their massive tax and spending bill and moving toward a final vote sometime on Monday.
The Senate successfully passed the massive tax and spending bill on Tuesday, and now it's on to the House where Republicans still need to overcome hurdles within their own party.
DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Hey there, Mary Louise. KELLY: So broadly, this represents, Deirdre, the first request from the Trump administration to claw back, to rescind money that Congress already ...
Deirdre Walsh is a congressional correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Before joining NPR in 2018, Walsh worked as a senior congressional producer at CNN. In her nearly 18-year career there ...
Senators hit a snag in their plan to scale back Medicaid costs as part of a massive tax and spending bill, now they're hoping to regroup and move forward.
Hi, Deirdre. DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Hey, Ailsa. CHANG: OK, so just how big of a setback is this for Republicans? I mean, they have to now rewrite the bill? WALSH: Parts of it.
WALSH: This is really a tax bill. It makes the tax cuts enacted in 2017 in President Trump's first term permanent. It adds some temporary tax breaks like no tax on tips, no tax on overtime.
DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Hey there, Mary Louise. KELLY: So broadly, this represents, Deirdre, the first request from the Trump administration to claw back, to rescind money that Congress already ...