Republicans are touting House passage of a megabill to fund Trump’s agenda as a win for Americans. Democrats slam it as benefiting the rich and hurting low-income people.
Republicans are celebrating the narrow House passage of a megabill to fund President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda as a win for Americans. Democrats are slamming it as benefiting the rich while hurting low-income people.
The « One Big Beautiful Bill Act » passed early Thursday morning by a single vote after marathon talks this week. It now heads to the Senate.
The legislation extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and boost spending for the military and border security — while making some cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and other assistance programs.
It will also add about $3.8 trillion to the federal government’s $36.2 trillion in debt over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The CBO’s preliminary analysis of the bill, requested by House Democrats and completed before it was passed by the House, estimated the lowest-income Americans will see their resources decrease while the country’s highest earners would see an increase.
« This is not one big, beautiful bill. It’s ugly », Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote in a post on X on Thursday morning.
« There’s nothing beautiful about stripping away people’s healthcare, forcing kids to go hungry, denying communities the resources they need, and increasing poverty », the New York Democrat said.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued during an overnight hearing that it would « cause millions of Americans to lose healthcare and food assistance. »
« Unfortunately, we are here today discussing a bill that would make that American dream harder to reach for millions by increasing costs for families, hardworking American families, and gutting the things that they would need to survive and thrive », Jeffries said.
