President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and policy bill that would change Americans' everyday lives has cleared one big hurdle after several marathon days of negotiations in the U.S. House and an assist from the president himself.

Republicans say the 1,000-page-plus bill is what voters sent them to accomplish. Critics say it adds to deficits while harming poor Americans.

House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s pr