House passes “Big Beautiful Bill” in narrow vote

07/08/2025 / By Laura Harris

The U.S. House passed a sweeping $4.5 trillion tax and spending package by a tight 218-214 vote, extending Trump-era tax cuts and increasing military and immigration enforcement funding.
To offset the cost, the bill includes $1.2 trillion in spending cuts, including $930 billion from Medicaid, along with reductions to food assistance and clean energy subsidies.
President Donald Trump played a key role in securing votes, personally lobbying skeptical Republicans and pressuring holdouts via Truth Social.
House Speaker Mike Johnson called the bill’s passage the result of “belief” and a year-long GOP effort, crediting Trump’s intervention as crucial to breaking a last-minute standoff.

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package on July 3.

The 887-page measure, dubbed by President Donald Trump as “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” was approved in a 218-214 vote after a tense round-the-clock standoff within the GOP. The package extends and expands on the 2017 Trump-era tax cuts, temporarily lowering taxes on tips and overtime pay, policies the administration has framed as pro-worker. It also pours hundreds of billions of dollars into military spending and Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown, including funds for large-scale deportation operations.

To help finance the estimated $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, lawmakers slashed $1.2 trillion in federal spending, including $930 billion in cuts to Medicaid, as well as reductions in food assistance programs and clean energy subsidies. Trump backed the cuts, arguing that the new funding priorities reflect “tough choices for a stronger America.”

Only two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania broke ranks to oppose the legislation, citing concerns about fiscal responsibility and social safety net cuts.

Johnson credits Trump’s pressure campaign for pushing the “Big Beautiful Bill” across the finish line

House Speaker Mike Johnson praised the narrow passage as the culmination of a year-long effort rooted in “belief,” crediting both the persistence of House Republicans and direct intervention by Trump for the hard-fought legislative win. (Related: House passes Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” after epic GOP unity, sets stage for Senate showdown.)

“We had a vision for what we wanted to do as a group. We believed in the election cycle last fall that we were going to be given this great blessing of unified government. And we did not want to waste that opportunity,” Johnson told the reporters following the 218-214 vote.

The bill’s passage was anything but guaranteed. A group of GOP holdouts had threatened to derail the effort, prompting a high-pressure campaign from House leaders and the Trump White House.

“Members wanted to hear certain assurances from him about what’s ahead, what the future will entail, and what we’re going to do next, and all of that,” Johnson said. “And he was very, very helpful in that process.”

Johnson revealed that Trump played a critical role in persuading skeptical lawmakers, personally reaching out to them and offering private reassurances about the party’s next steps. Trump took to his Truth Social platform to escalate pressure on dissenting Republicans.

“FOR REPUBLICANS, THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY YES VOTE. RIDICULOUS!!! What are the Republicans waiting for??? What are you trying to prove??? MAGA IS NOT HAPPY, AND IT’S COSTING YOU VOTES!!!” Trump wrote.

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Watch this video on the White House’s official statement about the passing of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

This video is from Cynthia’s Pursuit of Truth channel on Brighteon.com.