The bill cleared a key hurdle early this morning after the president and House Speaker Mike Johnson persuaded a group of Republican holdouts to change their votes.

The president exhorted Republicans to get behind the legislation after efforts to pass it hit resistance. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries decried the package in a record-long floor speech.

President Trump slammed Democrats in Congress who voted against his “big, beautiful bill” that the House passed on Thursday and was sent to his desk for signing on Friday.  “All of the things we