US Senate push to pass Trump's unpopular spending bill enters second day • FRANCE 24 English

Republican senators struggled Tuesday for a second day to pass President Donald Trump's flagship spending bill, which would slash welfare programs for the poor while adding an eye-watering $3 trillion to the national debt. The president wants his "One Big Beautiful Bill" -- which polls show is wildly unpopular among Americans -- to extend his expiring first-term tax cuts at a cost of $4.5 trillion. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert has more on the issue.
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