The House passed President Donald Trump’s « one big, beautiful bill » on Thursday morning, but two defecting Republicans took to social media to decry the spending plan.
House Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s « one big, beautiful bill » on Thursday morning, working through overnight committee meetings, last-minute huddles in the speaker’s office and even a last-minute assist from the president.
But while House GOP leadership preached party unity as they passed The One Big Beautiful Bill Act by just one vote, two House Republican holdouts were unwavering in their concerns about the $36 trillion national debt crisis and ultimately voted « no. »
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, took their concerns to social media on Thursday, telling their constituents exactly why they bucked the Republican Party on Trump’s key legislative agenda.
« While I love many things in the bill, promising someone else will cut spending in the future does not cut spending. Deficits do matter and this bill grows them now. The only Congress we can control is the one we’re in. Consequently, I cannot support this big deficit plan. NO », Davidson said early this morning before the vote was final.
Massie responded soon after, telling Davidson he agreed and « if we were serious, we’d be cutting spending now, instead of promising to cut spending years from now. »
« I’d love to stand here and tell the American people, ‘We can cut your taxes and increase spending and everything is going to be just fine.
