Before dawn on Thursday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a procedural vote to move President Donald Trump’s extensive tax and spending proposal—referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—another step forward. The measure was approved 217-212, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) standing as the sole Republican dissenter, paving the way for a final vote expected later that day.
Spanning over 1,000 pages, the legislation seeks to prolong the 2017 tax reductions, abolish tax requirements on tips and overtime pay, and offer new deductions.
Additionally, the bill outlines increased funding for defense and immigration operations, including resources for a continental missile shield.
The wide-ranging package has exposed divisions among Republicans, particularly within the House Freedom Caucus. Members have voiced worries about the fiscal impact on the deficit and the suggested adjustments to Medicaid funding.
On Wednesday morning, the House Freedom Caucus called for extended negotiations, insisting on larger Medicaid reductions and an expedited removal of green energy tax incentives.
The group has warned they will oppose the bill if Speaker Johnson pushes it to a vote within the day.
“It’s not ready,” Rep. Chip Roy said.
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House Freedom Caucus members demand more time to negotiate and want more cuts in Medicaid and quicker phaseout of green energy tax breaks. They’re threatening to vote NO if Johnson brings bill up today.“It’s not ready,” Roy said. They’ve now been summoned to WH this afternoon
House Freedom Caucus members demand more time to negotiate and want more cuts in Medicaid and quicker phaseout of green energy tax breaks. They’re threatening to vote NO if Johnson brings bill up today. “It’s not ready,” Roy said. They’ve now been summoned to WH this afternoon pic.twitter.com/KVakycQx2M
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene strongly criticized her colleagues, attributing resistance to Trump’s policy goals to members of the Freedom Caucus.
“Every NO on President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is from the Freedom Caucus were/are DeSantis supporters and one was Nicki Haley.
Not Trump. Not MAGA.
They can’t lie and say they support the President and his agenda.
They didn’t when he was running for President and they don’t now and prove it by openly refusing to vote for his One Big Beautiful Bill that the WH and Congress has worked on together.
Same goes for the SALT New Yorkers, they have fought only for rich people in Democrat highly taxed states.
While I may not like everything in the bill, there are many things I love in the bill, and most importantly it passes my President’s agenda and many of his campaign promises to the American people that I fought for along his side for years.
YOU, the American people are responsible for who you send to represent you as well as holding all of us accountable to you.
I encourage you to “go peacefully and make your voices heard” like my favorite President once said.
So whose agenda are they fighting for?
DeSantis? Haley? Themselves?
Because a NO vote is against Trump’s agenda, which is YOUR agenda.”
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) May 21, 2025
Every NO on President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is from the Freedom Caucus were/are DeSantis supporters and one was Nicki Haley.
Not Trump. Not MAGA.
They can’t lie and say they support the President and his agenda.
They didn’t when he was running for President and they…
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) May 21, 2025
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives will attempt to pass President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill in the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, following weeks of intra-party divisions of how deeply to cut spending.
The bill cleared an important procedural hurdle in the House on Wednesday evening, when a gatekeeper committee approved the measure and set up a floor vote for passage to occur within hours. Shortly before midnight in Washington, the full House reconvened to consider Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”, opening the floor for debate and a series of procedural votes.
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The House Rules Committee voted 8 to 4 to advance the bill late on Wednesday after a marathon session that lasted nearly 22 hours. Republican leaders later scheduled two votes, one to begin debate and a second to pass the bill, before sunrise on Thursday.
House passage would set the stage for weeks of debate in the Republican-led Senate.
A handful of party hardliners, angry that the bill did not contain more spending cuts, met with Trump and house speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday, a day after Trump’s visit to the Capitol failed to unify the narrow 220-212 majority.
Johnson expressed confidence that the bill would pass the House. “I believe we are going to land this airplane,” he told reporters.
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