By David Morgan, Bo Erickson and Andy Sullivan
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a sweeping tax and spending bill by a single vote which would enact much of President Donald Trump’s policy agenda and saddle the country with trillions of dollars more in debt.
The bill would fulfill many of Trump’s populist campaign pledges, delivering new tax breaks on tips and car loans and boosting spending on the military and border enforcement. It will add about $3.8 trillion to the federal government’s $36.2 trillion in debt over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
“This is arguably the most significant piece of Legislation that will ever be signed in the History of our Country!” Trump wrote on social media.
The package passed in a 215-214 vote after a marathon push that kept lawmakers debating the bill through two successive nights.
All of the chamber’s Democrats and two Republicans voted against it, while
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