Elderly Democratic Rep Falls On House Floor Protesting ‘BBB’
I’m not just a no on Trump’s Big Ugly Bill, I’m a HELL NO!
— Jan Schakowsky (@janschakowsky) July 2, 2025
We can’t let the House Floor turn into a crime scene.
If Republicans proceed with stripping health care from 17 million Americans, 51,000 people will die each year. All this to give tax cuts to billionaires. pic.twitter.com/WUcF3Hd7hj
Critics had claimed Trump would never succeed in passing his sweeping tax cut legislation—let alone before the July 4 recess.
But this summer delivered a string of victories for the president, culminating in Thursday’s narrow 218-214 House vote to send the measure—branded the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—to his desk.
“Campaigns are filled with promises and ‘most’ administrations are filled with excuses but NOT @Potus, who once again delivered for the American people,” said Mark Meadows, who served as White House chief of staff during Trump’s first term, on X.
With its passage, Trump has now enacted the bulk of his campaign agenda just six months into his second term, the Washington Times noted in an analysis of the president’s first months back in office in what will be his final term
The sweeping tax cut legislation delivers on several key pillars of President Trump’s agenda, most notably the permanent extension of the individual tax cuts he first enacted in 2017. It also eliminates most taxes on tips, overtime pay, and Social Security benefits for seniors.
It tightens eligibility rules to exclude unauthorized immigrants and others who don’t qualify, a move projected to reduce Medicaid spending by $1 trillion over the next ten years.
In addition, the legislation allocates $46.5 billion to complete Trump’s long-standing 2016 campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border—a promise left unfinished during his first term.
The bill includes major changes to Medicaid, which has ballooned in both size and cost over the past decade
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