Important Points
In a significant victory for Republicans, President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" tax package cleared the US House of Representatives.
In an attempt to bring hard-line conservatives and moderates together behind the plan, House Speaker Mike Johnson and party leaders made scores of last-minute changes to the more than 1,000-page document.
Even while the proposal only needs a simple majority to pass, it now faces a challenging path in the Senate.

US House Live Republicans win when the Trump tax measure passes the House and moves on to the Senate.



Washington — Early on Thursday, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives united to narrowly approve President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" tax package.

Republican Representatives Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio both voted no, as did every Democrat present on the floor. The conservative House Freedom Caucus chair, Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., cast a present vote. The voting count was 215-214 in the end.

After two months of drafting the plan and two days of last-minute revisions, the passage was a significant win for Republican leaders.

The 42 pages of amendments and more than 1,000 pages of legislation serve as an example of how to appeal to both hard-line conservatives and moderates.

Rep. Keith Self, a Republican from Texas and a member of the House Freedom Caucus, stated that while he wished the package had included more tax cuts, the caucus "did what we could."

He told NBC News, "I was the last vote [cast], and I wasn't going to take the bill down."