US vice president saves Trump's ‘big, beautiful’ bill in Senate

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  Hello and welcome to Business Matters.

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  I'm Roger Herring.

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  On the programme today,

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  Donald Trump's huge tax and spending bill has been narrowly passed by the Senate,

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  but it now has to go back to the House of Representatives.

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  Opposition is concentrated on claims it's going to harm healthcare for the lower paid or that it will increase the huge national debt.

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  Meanwhile,

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  the bills reignited the row between the President and his erstwhile friend and advisor,

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  Elon Musk.

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  Could that harm the prospect of Musk's company, Tesla?

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  Also today the new way of blocking AI crawler bots from stealing content from websites.

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  and we visit Europe's longest road and rail bridge on its 25th birthday.

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  And I'll be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world,

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  or at least they normally are,

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  in fact they're on the same side of the world this time,

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  Maymal Safraz,

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  the Pakistani journalist and analyst who's currently in Sunnyvale, California.

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  So Maymal, I have to say I think good afternoon to you.

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  Yes, good afternoon or even good evening, almost.

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  But anyway, you're there, which is wonderful.

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