House Republicans came together to pass their domestic policy megabill early Thursday, after weeks of internal conflict and last-minute intervention from President Donald Trump.
The 215-214 vote is a major victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, who largely kept his conference together after days of around-the-clock negotiations with holdouts. … The bill includes a fresh round of tax cuts sought by Trump, as well as hundreds of billions of dollars in new funding for the military and border security.
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This is arguably the most significant piece of Legislation that will ever be signed in the History of our Country!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday morning. “Great job by Speaker Mike Johnson, and the House Leadership, and thank you to every Republican who voted YES on this Historic Bill! Now, it’s time for our friends in the United States Senate to get to work, and send this Bill to my desk AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!”
Democrats have their own names for the measure, including “the GOP tax scam” and “one big, ugly bill.” Minority party leaders are deriding the bill by pointing to nonpartisan forecasts that it would increase the federal deficit by trillions of dollars and cause more than 10 million people to lose health care coverage, while shifting resources away from the lowest-income households and to the wealthiest.
In a lengthy closing speech ahead of the final vote, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused Republicans of bankrolling tax cuts for the rich with cuts to safety-net programs like Medicaid and SNAP food assistance.
“And people will die. That’s not hype. That’s not hyperbole. That’s not a hypothetical,” Jeffries said, before a heated exchange about “decorum” with the Republican presiding over the floor.
My own ‘editorializing’/additional context beyond this point:
EDIT: Link to the bill itself on congress.gov:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/all-info
Estimates are that 11 million will lose Medicaid coverage, 13 million will lose SNAP benefits, between $3.3 trillion and $3.8 trillion … to nearly $6 trillion increase to the national debt… many, many other programs are directly cut back, and the existing ‘PayGo’ laws will force other cutbacks in things like Medicare from the overwhelming deficits this creates… if this passes the Senate, which seems likely, though some modifications also seem likely.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61420
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/breaking-down-one-big-beautiful-bill
Possibly also worth noting:
The House version writes into law the formal removal of the ‘de minimis’ import exception rule, so that means basically every US based, import reliant dropshipper no longer has a workable business model… thats now formally in the law, not just a flurry of Executive Orders.
Also, EV credits are over.
It’s all theater. Johnson is a clown putting on a show. Pretend to resist it for the headlines, then trust the press to lose the story by the time there are actual consequences.
Spoiler alert: It will work.
Did he even oppose it? If he did it’s because of some frivolous reason like national debt or deficit.
And most democrats are also criticizing it on the same bs grounds. Talk about how it’ll affect the people instead of pulling up financial ratios.
Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday morning. “Great job by Speaker Mike Johnson, and the House Leadership, and thank you to every Republican who voted YES on this Historic Bill! Now, it’s time for our friends in the United States Senate to get to work, and send this Bill to my desk AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!”
Man I’m getting sick of all this stupid speak. “Big beautiful Bill” ffs that’s sounds like a title dreamt up for the stupidest people in our society.
That’s not hype. That’s not hyperbole. That’s not a hypothetical
The House version writes into law the formal removal of the ‘de minimis’ import exception rule, so that means basically every US based, import reliant dropshipper no longer has a workable business model
It depends I think. The margins on what they sell is already quite high, much of the ridiculous tariffs has been rolled back.
BTW importers put the price they paid for in customs forms. So if a grifter buys a $1 hat and sells it for $10, the customs will be charged on $1 (I think it’s FOB value so no shipping fees or insurance either).
I understand the issue is that the value of your shipment can only be insured for $1 if you do that.
You could be right… but unfortunately, I am not aware of… anywhere that provides the actual text of this… apparently 1,100+ page bill… there are only various summaries, which themselves are often quite lengthy…
Remember when Republicans used to complain about smashing through bills half, a quarter, an eight this long?
I think this is the one Link
Yep, that looks right to me!
I’ve cross posted this in other communities, so I’ll edit this link in, thanks!