Posted on 07/03/2025 12:19:26 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
The “big, beautiful bill” is heading to President Trump’s desk.
House Republicans on Thursday morning passed the core of Trump’s domestic policy agenda — including sweeping tax cuts, a crackdown on immigration, a boost in energy production and huge cuts in Medicaid — overcoming months of bitter infighting on Capitol Hill to deliver what could be the defining legislation of Trump’s second term.
The 218-214 vote came together after more than a year of intense planning by GOP lawmakers, weeks of scrambling to reconcile the conflicting visions among House and Senate Republicans, and days of last-minute lobbying to cajole holdouts in both chambers to get on board.
In the end, two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), joined all Democrats in voting against the legislation, which was approved by the Senate two days earlier.
“With one big, beautiful bill, we are gonna make this country stronger, safer and more prosperous than ever before, and every American is going to benefit from that,” Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said during his remarks on the House floor before the vote. “Today we are laying a key cornerstone of America’s new golden age.”
“We’ve had spirited debates, we’ve had months of deliberation, and now we are finally ready to fulfill our promise to the American people,” he added. “That’s what we are doing today.”
The vote followed a marathon, historic speech by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who commandeered the chamber for 8 hours and 44 minutes to rail against the GOP’s megabill and delay the final vote — surpassing the previous record of 8 hours and 32 minutes set by then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in 2021 as a way to delay action on the Democrats’ social spending and climate package.
The overwhelming Republican support was a reflection of both the enormous appetite within the GOP for extending their 2017 tax cuts, and a demonstration of Trump’s immense grip on his party, where loyalty to the president is presumed and defectors risk a career-ending political backlash.
The legislation combines virtually all of the major campaign planks of Trump’s domestic policy platform. In addition to extending the 2017 tax cuts of Trump’s first term, it expands those cuts to eliminate some taxes on tips and Social Security and increase the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap, which had emerged as one of the thorniest sticking points throughout negotiations.
It gives a $150 billion boost in funding for a border wall, immigration enforcement, and deportations. It provides $150 billion in new defense spending for priorities like shipbuilding and a “Golden Dome” missile defense project. It cuts incentives that promote green energy and expands domestic production of oil, coal and natural gas. It will hike the debt ceiling by $5 trillion, forestalling the threat of a federal default.
And it features sharp cuts to low-income health and nutrition programs — reductions designed to help offset the loss of revenues from the tax cuts but that are also expected to eliminate health coverage for millions of people. Even so, the cuts aren’t steep enough to cover the whole tab: The Congressional Budget Office estimates the net effect of the package will be an additional $3.3 trillion in deficit spending over the next decade.
Just get ‘er done!
Wonder what Schumer is doing today??
Maybe shopping for cheese to put on the raw burgers.
Seems like good news to me. Maybe it will help to promote spinal growth. 😄
It’s hard to imagine we’re here at this golden moment after the 2020 steal. I believed in it because I believe God has his hand on the President, but it’s gone better than I could have imagined.
LMAO! Whatever he’s doing, I don’t think he will be answering his phone or shopping/dining in public...
“BREAKING: Federal judge issues nationwide injunction against Big Beautiful Bill”.
Beating the Bee!
LESS GOV'T, MORE PROSPERITY - MAGA!!!!
Miraculous
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“””Schumer and Jeffries put their own party through grief with their stall tactics.”””
I think their lengthy delays just gave the Republicans more time to twist arms and get er done.
I’m almost inclined to think he will not run again.
For those of you concerned with the huge spending in the BBB, know this — even with the Big Beautiful Bill now passed, rescission remains a live option for cutting spending, though its scope and political viability are more limited post-enactment.
Rescission is a presidential tool to propose canceling previously approved budget authority. Under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, the president can send a rescission request to Congress, which then has 45 days to approve it via a simple majority in both chambers.
Procedurally, rescission is still viable because it applies to unobligated funds — even after a bill like BBB is passed.
Politically, it’s trickier. The BBB passed by a razor-thin margin (218–214), and any rescission effort could reopen intra-party tensions, especially it targets programs that moderates or rural-state Republicans support.
Strategically, rescission could serve as a pressure valve for fiscal conservatives who feel the BBB didn’t go far enough in cutting spending.
Know this — rescission is still on the table — but it’s more of a scalpel than a chainsaw. It won’t reverse the structural spending increases in the BBB, but it could trim around the edges and signal continued fiscal discipline.
We are between a rock and a hard place, either let it die and risk having the largest tax increase in modern history or pass it warts and all and continue doing rescission later. We need to pressure Congress on this. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance!
JD said one republican called him to say he changed his vote to "Yes" because of the Raskin speech.
Next, we must have big, beautiful prosecution of all of the people in leadership who have torn this nation apart at the fabric. We HAVE to hear about more arrests and trials for those who have stolen billions/trillions, who have promoted perversion in every corner of the country, who have committed treason, who have severely hurt Americans financially who opposed them (I am one of those) and those who stole the 2020 election (that HAS to happen).
There are no sur[rises...Everything has been open and searchable.
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