Live updates: House passes Trump agenda bill

The House on Thursday morning passed the bill full of President Trump's domestic priorities, sending it to the Senate for consideration.

The final vote came after a marathon overnight session. That, in turn, followed days of marathon meetings, intense negotiations that spanned both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, and a series of last-minute changes to the bill, which were crucial in coalescing Republicans around the measure.

Meanwhile, at the White House, President Trump greeted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, about a week after the U.S. welcomed a group of white South Africans, Afrikaners, as refugees.

Trump defended the administration’s Afrikaner refugee resettlement program, saying he will be discussing the “genocide” with Ramaphosa in a private meeting. He then surprised Ramaphosa with a video that purported to back up the administration’s claims of white farmers being persecuted in South Africa. The two leaders were to have lunch then a bilateral meeting.

At the day's start, House Democrats lost a member: Virginia's Rep. Gerry Connolly died Wednesday morning after a short cancer stint. He was 75.

Follow along all day for updates to these stories and more.