🚨🚨 House passes final sweeping tax, spending, immigration bill

Trump is slated to sign the bill on Friday

Jul 03, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 02: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks with reporters before heading to the House Chamber for a procedural vote on the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Johnson, President Donald Trump and other Republicans are working to gather enough support to begin debate on Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill, which was passed by the Senate yesterday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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WASHINGTON _ The House passed President Trump’s sweeping “one big, beautiful bill”, a massive package of cuts in taxes and Medicaid and new spending on immigration enforcement Wednesday, shipping it to the White House to be signed into law.

The House voted 218-214 after days of sleepless nights, arm-twisting in the Capitol and at the White House and airing of threats and promises of political retribution, approving the first major legislation of Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

Democrats, led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D - N.Y.), attempted to derail and stall the measure through hours of procedural moves and debate in the House chamber, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R - La.), and the White House successfully wooed enough House Republicans to squeak the legislation through.

“We didn't write this bill for the Democrat Party or the elites or the media. This bill is for hardworking Americans — and they deserve it," Johnson said just ahead of the vote on Wednesday.

Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) bucked party lines and voted against the measure, but Republican opposition melted away after lawmakers pulled an all-nighter, with House GOP leadership and the White House working intensively to win over holdouts.

House GOP leaders held an amendment vote open for more than seven hours, and the rule vote needed to proceed with debate remained open for between five and six hours as leadership worked the floor. Members of the whip team and the Speaker engaged in tense conversations with defectors, while the White House hosted multiple concerned lawmakers on Wednesday.

Procedural votes were left open for hours, with final support locked down around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” keeps in place alterations in support for rural hospitals to offset Medicaid cuts negotiated by the Senate and last weekend into the start of this week, cuts support for renewable energy projects, and raises the debt ceiling so the nation does not default on debt payments, a provision long sought by Trump and opposed by conservative Republicans.

Both conservative hardliners and moderates expressed reservations about the Senate-passed legislation for different reasons.

Fiscal conservatives criticized changes to the original House bill, arguing that it failed to cut enough spending and would worsen the debt and deficit. Some even released a memo slamming what they called the upper chamber’s “failures.”

Ultimately, they were swayed by assurances that a follow-up bill would address lingering concerns.

Meanwhile, centrists in swing districts expressed unease about the roughly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and SNAP programs but said other elements of the bill were necessary to stimulate economic growth.

“While I criticize some aspects of the bill, the most important thing is we stopped 20% tax hikes on middle-class Americans and we are doing incredible work to heal our military. I had to weigh the bill in its totality, and it was a net positive. Unfortunately, some of the Democratic leadership overplayed their hands and were dishonest. It strengthened our resolve because we can’t let demagoguery win,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) told 24sight News.

Despite early pushback from rank-and-file members, leadership opted to move forward with the Senate bill, which passed in a 51–50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance casting the tie-breaking vote on Tuesday.

Democrats, led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), sharply criticized the bill, arguing that it benefits billionaires while harming low-income Americans. Jeffries, equipped with binders of information, used his “magic minute” — a House rule allowing leaders unlimited speaking time — to read stories of Medicaid recipients and delay the vote.

“This one big ugly Republican bill has put a target on their back,” Jeffries said in his remarks. “This is a question for so many individuals of life and death.

Republican proponents dismissed Democratic criticism. Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) told 24sight News that Democrats are “fear-mongering because they're trying to get everybody riled up and afraid,” adding, “we're not cutting kids and people off Medicaid; we're taking people off who shouldn't be there — illegals and those who should be working.”

Following its passage, Republicans took a victory lap.

“This historic legislation will unleash our economy and usher in a new golden age for America,” Rep. Andy Ogle (R-Tenn.) told 24sight News. “What Republicans accomplished today under President Trump’s leadership will launch historic tax cuts, critical border security, no tax on tips and overtime pay, a war chest for ICE patriots to deport every last invader, American energy dominance, (and) the Golden Dome.”

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