House Passes Big Bill Cutting Taxes And Medicaid, Sends To President’s Desk
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Despite all the bad things Republican lawmakers said about the “big, beautiful bill,” the holdouts caved and delivered for Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON ― Republicans pushed their giant bill cutting taxes and Medicaid through the House on Thursday, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump to sign into law.
Millions of Americans will lose health insurance as a result of the bill, while tax cuts favoring the wealthy will further swell the national debt. The bill will also supercharge Trump’s efforts to round up, detain and deport millions of immigrants lacking legal authorization to remain in the country.
The bill passed by a vote of 218-214, with all Democrats and two Republicans, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) opposed.
With its advantageous tax treatment for rich households, its fiscal irresponsibility and a remarkably slapdash legislative process, the so-called Big Beautiful Bill bears the hallmarks of Republican governance in the Trump era. And, of course, several Republicans said they’d vote no but caved amid threats from Trump.
The big bill rolls back expansions of the federal safety net recently enacted by Democratic presidents and entrenches the temporary tax cuts Trump signed into law during his first term. The $4.5 trillion cost of the tax cuts is only partially offset by more than $1 trillion in cuts to federal food and health programs, with reductions in Medicaid spending potentially imperiling hospitals around the country, especially in rural areas.
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