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By Steven T. Dennis, Ari Natter, Erik Wasson, and Emily Birnbaum

May 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM UTC

Updated on

May 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM UTC

House Republican leaders released a new version of President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill with a higher limit on the deduction for state and local taxes and other changes in a bid to win over warring GOP factions to support the legislation.

The updated legislation released Wednesday night also would speed up cuts to Medicaid and elimination of Biden-era clean energy tax breaks, a demand of hardline conservatives.