00:00The U.S. House of Representatives approved Thursday the controversial tax and spending
00:05card package pushed by President Donald Trump, who proudly called it the One Big Beautiful
00:09Bill.
00:10With 218 votes in favor and 214 against, the Republicans managed to overcome the Democratic
00:17opposition.
00:18The White House already celebrated the result, calling it a victory.
00:22It was then announced that the President will sign the new law on Friday, the day the U.S.
00:26commemorates its independence at 5 p.m. local time.
00:31With this package, the President seeks to implement a series of domestic reforms related
00:35to taxes, cuts and state spending aimed at priority sectors such as health, immigration, defence,
00:43industry, environment and energy.
00:51The One Big Beautiful Bill contemplates tax cuts in the order of billions of dollars that
00:57will be offset by cuts to social programs in health and nutrition.
01:01It also includes increased public spending on defence, border security, anti-immigration
01:06policies and energy.
01:08The One Big Beautiful Bill would cut food aid to nearly 5 million people.
01:13It would also cut nursing home care for seniors.
01:16Moreover, it would increase the national debt by US$3.25 trillion and cut taxes on billionaires
01:24by US$1.3 trillion.
01:27It would make it even easier to buy silencers and firearms.
01:32Likewise, it would massively increase funding for immigration detention US$75 billion for ice
01:40and border patrol rates and gathers US$45 billion to incarcerate immigrants, including children,
01:47plus US$69 billion to continue construction of the border wall.
01:58Earlier today, the Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Hakem Jeffries, opposed
02:03to the Big Beautiful Bill proposed by the US President Donald Trump.
02:08Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to Donald Trump's one big, ugly bill.
02:16This disgusting abomination, the GOP tax scam that guts Medicaid, rips food from the mouths
02:26of children, seniors and veterans, and rewards billionaires with massive tax breaks.
02:35Every single Democrat stands in strong opposition to this bill because we're standing up for the
02:42American people.
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