This sweeping bill, awaiting approval by the Senate, covers a wide range of spending, from tax policy to funding for mass deportations and funds allocated to the Pentagon. To get it passed, the US president put intense pressure on lawmakers in his own party.

The victory for Republicans came after Speaker Mike Johnson made concessions to holdouts in several factions and President Trump pressured the party to fall in line.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a sweeping tax and spending bill that would enact much of President Donald Trump's policy agenda and saddle the country with trillions of dollars more in debt.