Friday, July 4, 2025 - The US House of Representatives has approved President Donald Trump's massive domestic policy bill today in a 218-214 vote, sending it to his desk for his signature.
The package, passed by the Senate in a marathon session
earlier this week, includes tax cuts and funding boosts for the Pentagon and
border security. It also includes more contentious spending cuts to
pay for the rest of the bill, including the biggest downsizing of the federal
safety net in decades.
House Republicans passed the bill by a vote of 218 to 214,
nearly entirely along party lines. All 212 Democrats voted in unison against
the bill, and they were joined by two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie of
Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania. Leaders were forced to work all
night to win the votes necessary to pass the bill and meet Trump's demand to
sign the bill by July 4.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pledged in a speech on
the House floor that the bill would make the U.S. "stronger, safer and
more prosperous than ever before."
"Today we are laying a key cornerstone of America's new
golden age," he said.
The sprawling GOP bill clocking in at nearly 1,000 pages,
represents a dramatic realignment of the federal government's role in American
life, shifting resources from the social safety net and investments in clean
energy, and reorienting them to finance trillions of dollars in new spending on
tax cuts, immigration enforcement and national defense.
Trump was heavily involved in selling the bill to skeptical
lawmakers, including calling them to the White House for talks throughout the
day on Wednesday.
Trump also weighed in repeatedly on social media throughout
the night, demanding that lawmakers finish the job.
"Largest Tax Cuts in History and a Booming Economy vs.
Biggest Tax Increase in History, and a Failed Economy. What are the Republicans
waiting for??? What are you trying to prove??? MAGA IS NOT HAPPY, AND IT'S
COSTING YOU VOTES!!!" Trump wrote just after midnight.
The legislative effort fulfils key campaign
pledges that Trump made during his reelection bid, including making hefty
tax cuts passed during his first term permanent.
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