President Donald Trump's “Big Beautiful Building” was able to head straight to the House-wide vote on Wednesday night after approval by the main committee with 8-4 votes.
The House Rules Committee, the gatekeeper of most laws before reaching the full chamber of commerce, first met at 1am on Wednesday to advance the massive bill to meet Mike Johnson's anniversary deadline for sending it to the Senate.
The panel was postponed before 11pm Wednesday after all four Democrats voted against the measure and all current Republicans voted. R-Texas Rep. Chip Roy was the only MP who missed the vote.
Minutes creeped up for hours as committee Democrats repeatedly cursed Republicans trying to move the bill “late night” and try to increase the costs of working-class families at the expense of wealthy people.
The White House encourages immediate votes for GOP's “big and beautiful bill”
House Speaker Mike Johnson will shake hands on stage with then-President Elect Donald Trump at the House Republican Conference held at the Hyatt Regency in Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Democrats also dragged the process out with dozens of revisions that have grown since the beginning of Tuesday to Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Republicans argued that the government safety net aims to boost small businesses, farmers, and middle- and middle-income families while reducing waste, fraud and abuse.
With a sign of high interest in meetings, R-La. Johnson visited before 1am and again with Republicans on the committee, and just after sunrise.
However, the committee has launched a meeting to advance the bill on several important and prominent issues. Blue State Republicans push for state and local tax (salt) credit limit salary increases, demanding stricter Medicaid labor requirements rules, and demanding the complete elimination of the green energy subsidies granted under former President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
The long-awaited amendment to the law aimed at fixing these issues, which debuted at around 9pm on Wednesday evening.
House Freedom Caucus heads to the White House after playing late on Trump's “big and beautiful bill.”
Speaker Mike Johnson must navigate a dangerously slim majority to pass on President Trump's agenda (Getty Images/Fox News Digital Illustration)
This amendment speeds up the implementation of Medicaid work requirements for certain healthy individuals from 2029 to December 2026, and was awarded in more federal dollars for states that did not follow the expansion plans of the Obamacare era.
Additionally, if we fail to demonstrate a relatively rapid return on investment, we will end many Green Energy Tax subsidies by 2028.
Meanwhile, Democrats accused Republicans of rushing to change the law without proper notice.
Johnson told Fox News Digital at 1am Wednesday that he was “very close” to a deal with the split House GOP faction.
Returning from that meeting, Johnson informed that the House would advance the vote either late Wednesday or early Thursday.
But passing the law that passes through the House Rules Committee does not necessarily mean it will work well in a House-wide vote.
Roy, a member of the House Rules Committee and Ralph Norman, Rs.C. and two of the Conservative Freedom Caucus who called for a House-wide vote on Wednesday.
General views of the US Capitol in Washington on February 28, 2013. Reuters/Jason Reed (Reuters/Jason Reed)
Meanwhile, the White House has sternly bored the rebels and demanded a “quickly” vote in an official policy statement in favor of the House GOP bill.
However, some of these fiscal Hawks were more optimistic after a White House meeting with Trump and Johnson.
Republicans are about to pass Trump's policies on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and citizen debt in one large bill through the budget adjustment process.
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A budget settlement lowers the Senate's threshold for passing from 60 to 51 votes, thereby allowing the party to clean up minorities (in this case Democrats) as long as it deals with federal budgets, taxation or government bonds.
House Republicans hope to advance Trump's bill through the House and Senate by July 4th.
