
Game on: Republicans, Democrats trade fire over Big Beautiful Bill in 2026 battle for Congress
Fox News
Democrats and Republicans use the passage of Trump's Big, Beautiful bill as ammunition against each other as the 2026 battle for the House and Senate majority heats up.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast."
The president spoke as he headlined a July 4th-eve event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds to kickoff celebrations of next year's 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Hours earlier, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives, in a 218-214 vote on Thursday nearly entirely along party lines, lifted the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" to final congressional passage. Earlier in the week, Vice President JD Vance broke a tie in the Senate to advance the measure 51-50.

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