South Korea's parliament passes revision to rules governing martial law
The new rules include barring any attempt to hinder lawmakers from entering the National Assembly, and prohibiting the military and police from entering the National Assembly without the approval of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Yoon's martial law decree was lifted after about six hours when lawmakers, who had been forced to scale walls of the assembly building to make it through a ring of security forces, voted the decree down.
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- BreakingNews.ie
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- Daily Mail
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Chip Roy, R-Texas, said as late as Wednesday evening that he was a 'no' on the bill because it increases the deficit and does not fully repeal Biden-era renewable energy subsidies. 'We need to understand exactly, exactly how this stuff will get implemented because I need these subsidies to end because they are damaging Texas's grid,' Roy said before the final vote. HFC Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., also said on Wednesday afternoon he was still a 'no' on the bill and that he wanted the Senate to come back into town so that changes could be made to the bill before the Friday deadline. Moderate Republicans also put up a fight against the tax and spending bill. A group of centrist GOP members went to the White House on Wednesday morning to discuss the bill with the president. At the top of their minds were the deep Medicaid cuts, while others were concerned with state and local tax (SALT) provisions - a popular policy among Republicans in high-tax blue states. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., firmly said he will vote against the bill all along over his concern for the ballooning national debt and deficit. Taking matters into his own hands, Trump was reportedly calling GOP dissidents to get them to buy into the OBBB throughout the process. 'He's been working the phones pretty consistently over the last several days, and members have been calling him as well,' an administration official told Politico. 'He's going to get it over the finish line.' Ultimately, Trump and the GOP leadership's efforts paid off, and with time to spare before the 4th of July deadline. Democrats' delay tactics While Republicans worked to gather the votes necessary for final passage of the massive Trump-backed bill Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, Democrats , led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, deployed delay tactics. The New York Democrat took to the floor just before 5:00 am ET to begin an arduous, record-breaking 8-hour and roughly 45-minute speech about the dangers presented by the GOP legislation. 'I feel the obligation Mr. Speaker to stand on this House floor and take my sweet time,' the Democrat leader proclaimed well into his remarks. His speech began with stories of Americans who could be impacted by the Trump bill's cuts to Medicaid and social programs. What's in the 'Big, Beautiful Bill' The president noted on Tuesday how there's 'something for everyone' in the multi-trillion-dollar bill. One of the primary functions of the bill is to extend Trump's 2017 tax cuts that would have expired at the end of this year. In total, the tax cut extension is estimated to cost $4 trillion from the loss of tax revenue collected by the federal government. It also exempts pay from overtime and tips from being hit by federal income taxes - a fulfillment of one of the president's most ambitious campaign promises. It also allows individuals to deduct up to $10,000 of auto loan interest for vehicles made in the U.S. In addition, the bill allows individuals in high-tax states to deduct up to $40,000 per year for half a decade in state and local taxes (SALT) from their federal taxes - a top priority for conservatives in blue states. The big bill also increases the annual child tax credit to $2,200 and creates 'Trump investment accounts,' which will see the U.S. investing $1,000 into accounts for babies born after 2024. Border security efforts will also be getting a major cash infusion estimated to be around $150 billion for increased immigration enforcement. It includes $46 billion for Customs and Border Patrol to build border wall and enhanced security measures and around $30 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Another roughly $150 billion in the bill will be provided to the military to create Trump's 'Golden Dome' missile defense system, increase U.S. ship-building capacity and to fund nuclear deterrence programs. To pay for all of this, Republicans had to cut major spending initiatives like Medicaid, SNAP and green energy initiatives. The Senate's bill has work requirements for both Medicaid and SNAP recipients, along with other cuts, which are expected to save over $1 trillion in spending in the coming years. Green energy subsidies passed under former President Joe Biden in his signature Inflation Reduction Act are also rolled back under the new bill - a move that is expected to save close to half a trillion dollars in obligated spending.
