What is in Trump's 'big, beautiful bill', and what difference will it make?

Controversial legislation has passed after 'gruelling' session on Capitol Hill

Photo collage of a laughing Donald Trump, a pig balancing on a stack of coins, a house with solar panels on its roof, a vintage car, the Republican party logo, pro-Medicaid protest sign, a baby sitting on a university-shaped piggy bank, and a truck parked in front of the White House bearing the face of Jeff Bezos and the slogan "tax me if you can".
Overall, the legislation contains about $4.5 trillion in tax cuts
(Image credit: Illustration by Julia Wytrazek / Getty Images)

The US Congress has passed Donald Trump's tax and spending legislation after a tense session in Capitol Hill.

The president said his so-called "big, beautiful bill" would "turn this country into a rocket ship" but critics say it will leave millions without health coverage and benefit the wealthy at the cost of those on lower incomes.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.