Is Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ a political curse for Republicans?
Polling has shown the bill is largely unpopular because of provisions that would extend tax cuts for the wealthy while slashing healthcare and social programs.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson at the US Capitol on Tuesday. Bloomberg
As Donald Trump’s flagship tax and spending bill narrowly passed the US Senate on Tuesday morning (Wednesday AEST), the president was 1600 kilometres away, touring a new migrant detention centre in the Florida Everglades.
A room of Trump aides and supporters cheered as he was told the news. Minutes later, he batted away a reporter’s question about whether the victory would be shortlived, given the bill’s uncertain path forward when it goes back to the House of Representatives for a final vote.
