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Live updates: Trump's comments on immigration and constitution, tariffs and China

The Republicans of the House will go back to work with their comprehensive tax and expenditure riveting package this week, which are also known as “large, beautiful bill” by President Donald Trump.

The package aims to extend the GOP tax reductions and jobs in 2017 and to meet several Trump campaign promises, e.g. B. the termination of taxes for tips. To compensate for these tax cuts, which is looking for a total of at least 1.5 trillion dollars for spending cuts for over a decade.

House Committees marked their portions last week, although the most controversial pieces – especially the strong cuts for medicaid and food brands as well as tax reduction measures – have to be attacked in the coming days.

So far we know the following about early designs of the proposed legislative package:

Federal loans: Federal loans: The house plan could dramatically restructure the way in which students from the federal government can take loans for college and make major changes to the popular Pell Grant program.

Defense spending: The House Armed Services Committee suggests adding around 150 billion US dollars to strengthen the country's defense programs, including the feasibility and strategic value of Trump's “Golden Dome” rocket defense initiative, the strategic value of which was strongly questioned by experts.

Immigration fees and ice funds: Immigrants who apply for asylum and work permit, as well as those who apply for humanitarian probation and temporary protection status must pay new or higher fees.

Border security: The House Homeland Security Committee suggests $ 10 billion to strengthen border security, including $ 46.5 billion for the expansion and modernization of the border barrier system.

The authority of the judges to contain Trump: The plan could develop the enforcement of consideration orders against the Trump administration in certain cases, since the president attack a multi-front campaign to attack the legal institutions that serve as a check for its aggressive use of executive power.

Read more about the invoice hereIncluding the way this could affect the federal government's benefits, electrical vehicles, air traffic control and other important problems.

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