US House passes Trump's 'big, beautiful' tax and spending bill

The bill's passage is a victory for the White House, which warned that failure would be a "betrayal".

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Trump's "big, beautiful bill" passed with a vote of 215 votes to 214, with two Republicans joining Democrats to oppose it and one voting present.

It now heads to the Senate, which will have the chance to approve or change provisions of the bill.

The US President's allies on Capitol Hill have celebrated its passage as a victory, with Johnson saying it "gets Americans back to winning again".

Long a policy priority of Trump's, the legislation extends soon-to-expire tax cuts passed during his first administration in 2017, as well as provides an influx of money for defence spending and to fund the president's mass deportations.