INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
domestic agenda.After a gruelling session on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 218 to 214 on Thursday
It was approved in the Senate on Tuesday by one vote.Trump had given the Republican-controlled Congress a deadline of 4 July to send him a
over the next 10 years and leave millions without health coverage - a forecast that the White House disputes.Speaking to reporters on
said.He is expected to sign it into law at a ceremony on the 4 July national holiday at 17:00 EDT (22:00 BST).A triumphant Republican
believed in the people that are standing here behind me..
Americans.The legislation makes savings through making cuts to food benefits and health care and rolling back tax breaks for clean energy
and immigration enforcement officers
used procedural manoeuvres to stall the House vote, were roundly critical of the final bill.They portrayed it as taking health care and food
the early hours of Thursday, Republican leadership grew more confident, and a procedural vote on the bill passed just after 03:00 EDT (07:00
GMT).The final vote on the bill would come almost 12 hours later, at 14:30 EDT (19:30 GMT).Source: BBC- Agencies
