AKP Phnom Penh, the May 20, 2025--
U.S. President Donald Trump's tax-cut bill passed a key congressional committee vote on Sunday, paving the way for a chamber-wide vote.

The bill passed in a 17-16 vote along party lines, with four Republican conservatives at the House Budget Committee, who had previously blocked the bill, allowing it to advance by voting "present."

The bill includes a major spending increase for immigration enforcement and the military, and will extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts, which are to expire at the end of this year.

Also included in the bill are a series of cuts to Medicaid, food assistance and clean energy funding.

The bill may have to be adjusted to pass the full House, according to U.S. media, as Senate Republicans have signaled that it won't get passed without major changes.

AKP-Xinhua