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Here are some of the weird and last-minute things Republicans slipped into their tax bill

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House Republicans passed a sweeping domestic policy package in the wee hours of Thursday .

They made it easier to get gun silencers and expanded a ban on gender-affirming care.

The bill is now headed to the Senate , where it's already hitting a wall.

It's unclear why a tax on tanning beds was removed from the bill.

The GOP bill creates a new incentive for women to make more babies by paying them $ 1,000 for every American baby born over the next four years .

The final bill could result in the closure of one-third of Planned Parenthood health centers nationwide.

The bill removes language that would have allowed for the sale of public lands in Nevada and Utah .

At the last minute , Republicans revised their bill to expedite the timeline for imposing work requirements on Medicaid recipients.

As a result of the GOP ’s stricter work requirement for federal health and food programs, an estimated 14 million people may lose their health coverage, and 3 million households may go without food assistance.