Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' clears final hurdle before House-wide vote

The House Rules Committee has teed up President Donald Trump's big beautiful bill for a chamber-wide vote Wednesday after a nearly -hour-long session debating the massive piece of measure It now heads to the entire chamber for consideration where several Republicans have already signaled they're concerned with various aspects of the measure Just two Republicans voted against reporting the bill out of committee Reps Ralph Norman R-S C and Chip Roy R-Texas conservatives who had expressed reservations with the bill earlier on Tuesday No Democrats voted to advance it while the remaining seven Republicans did The majority of Republican lawmakers appear poised to advance the bill however believing it's the best practicable compromise conveyance to make Trump's campaign promises a reality NATIONAL DEBT TRACKER AMERICAN TAXPAYERS YOU ARE NOW ON THE HOOK FOR OVER This bill is President Trump s agenda and we are making it law House Republicans are ready to finish the job and put the One Big Beautiful Bill on President Trump s desk in time for Independence Day House GOP leaders declared in a joint declaration after the Senate passed the bill on Tuesday The House Rules Committee acts as the final gatekeeper before most of pieces of act get a chamber-wide vote Democrats attempted to delay the panel's hours-long hearing by offering multiple amendments that were shot down along party lines They criticized the bill as a bloated tax cut giveaway to wealthy Americans at the expense of Medicaid coverage for lower-income people Democrats have also accused Republicans of adding billions of dollars to the national debt chiefly by extending Trump's tax cuts I don't know what it means to be a fiscal hawk because if you vote for this bill you're adding trillion to the debt Rep Gwen Moore D-Calif stated during debate on the measure Republicans have gone on TV for months and months and months solemnly insisting to the American people that this bill is going to cut the debt that this will not hurt anybody on Medicaid just those lazy bums and you know unworthy people REPUBLICANS CHALLENGE 'IRRELEVANT' BUDGET OFFICE AS IT CRITIQUES TRUMP'S 'BEAUTIFUL BILL'But Republicans have stated the bill is targeted relief for middle and working-class Americans citing provisions temporarily allowing people to deduct taxes from tipped and overtime wages among others If you vote against this bill you're voting against the child tax credit being at per child At the end of this year it will drop to That makes a huge impact to million hardworking Americans And it's absolutely when they vote no they're voting against a child tax credit and they're okay with House Tactics Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith R-Mo commented If you listen to the Democrats here they say this is all about billionaires and millionaires No tax on tips no tax on overtime work How a large number of millionaires and billionaires Madam Chair work by the hour The bill numbers more than pages and includes Trump's priorities on taxes the boundary defense power and the national debt An initial version passed the House in May by just one vote but the Senate has since made multiple key modifications to Medicaid tax cuts and the debt limit Moderates are wary of the Senate measures that would shift more Medicaid costs to states that expanded their programs under ObamaCare while conservatives have stated those cuts are not enough to offset the additional spending in other parts of the bill Several key measures were also removed during the Byrd Bath a process in the Senate where provision is reviewed so that it can be fast-tracked under the budget reconciliation process which must adhere to a strict set of fiscal rules Among those conservative critics Reps Scott Perry R-Pa and Andy Ogles R-Tenn introduced resolutions to change the Senate version to varying degrees Ogles' amendment would have the bulk dramatically changed the bill If passed it would have reverted the provision back to the House version Perry's amendments were aimed at tightening the rollback of green capacity tax credits created by the former Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act Another amendment by Rep Andrew Clyde R-Ga would have restored certain Second Amendment-related provisions stripped out by the Byrd Bath Any changes to the measure would have forced it back into the Senate likely delaying Republicans' self-imposed Fourth of July deadline to get the bill onto Trump's desk The full House is expected to begin considering the bill at a m ET Wednesday Sometime that morning House lawmakers will vote on whether to begin debating the bill a procedural measure known as a rule vote If that's cleared a final vote on the bill itself is expected sometime later Wednesday Speaker Mike Johnson R-La conceded on Tuesday evening that poor weather in Washington that forced a number of flight delays could also weigh on Wednesday's attendance depending on how multiple lawmakers are stuck outside the capital We're monitoring the weather closely Johnson reported reporters There's a lot of delays right now With all lawmakers present Republicans can only afford to lose three votes to still advance both the rule vote and the final bill without any Democratic backing