House Republicans are celebrating the big victory they delivered to President Donald Trump early Thursday morning.
Minutes after the House of Representatives' GOP majority, they were almost united to pass Trump's sweeping tax and spending reduction package on the razor-thin 215-214.
Johnson predicted that the measure would, among other things, “reduce spending by family and job creators, cut taxes forever, and make government work more efficient and effective for all Americans.”
Tom Emmer, a majority of Whip Rep. in Minnesota, said House Republicans have shown “also many times that we give birth for Americans, especially at the most important time.”
How Trump's radical bill passed through the House of Representatives
The House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's massive tax credits and program cuts on Thursday, May 22, 2025, following a closing session at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (House TV via AP)
But as Republicans stick to a majority of vulnerable homes, Democrats see the passing of Trump's “one, a big, beautiful bill act” home, as political ammunition, which aims to regain control of the Chamber of Commerce in next year's midterm elections.
When denying the law, Democrats will do everything they can to eliminate the person responsible for this bill. We have Americans.
And Suzan Delvene, chairman of the Washington state Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a digital interview with Fox News that “they are responsible for Republicans and there are prices to pay.”
However, its rival National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) disagrees.
“Hospital Democrats have just signed their own political death warrants. Voters will not forget how they betrayed the families they work for, and Republicans won't allow them,” NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella argued in a statement.
The measures created by the GOP are filled with Trump's campaign trail promises and second term priorities on tax cuts, immigration, defense, energy and debt restrictions. This includes extending the tax cuts in his signature 2017, eliminating taxes on tips and overtime pay, providing billions to border security, and codifying the controversial immigrant crackdown.
According to Fox Business's National Debt Tracker, the bill passed in the House as national debt currently stands at $36,214,475,432,210.84.
The large package is now heading towards the Senate. There, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, a top Democrat at the Chamber of Commerce, said, “This isn't a big, beautiful bill. It's ugly.”
When Democrats attack the measure, they highlight the GOP's proposed Medicaid restructuring. It is a nearly 60-year federal program offering health insurance to around 71 million low-income Americans.
First Fox: These Republican governors say they are “united” in support of Trump's “one big, beautiful bill.”
The Medicaid changes and another major safety net program in the country, the cut to Food Stamp, have been partially drafted as an offset for payments to extend the 2017 tax cut, which is due to expire later this year. The measure includes many new rules and regulatory requirements for those seeking Medicaid coverage. Among them is a new set of work requirements for many people seeking coverage.
“Let's be clear, Republicans are now about how many people and how quickly they take out healthcare. They've cut Medicaid a lot, 14 million people have lost healthcare across the country, and they're talking about how fast it can be,” Delvene said.
Schumer argued that “nothing beautiful about removing people's health care, getting hungry for children, denies the resources the community needs and increasing poverty.”
And Martin argued that “GOP's budget will destroy communities, blow away economic holes in rural America and infuse us into a nation ruled by a small number of elites.”
Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, was interviewed by Fox News Digital on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Fox News – Paulsteinhauser)
House Republicans oppose Democrats' attacks and say what they're doing is to put an end to waste, fraud and abuse now in the Medicaid system, so the program can generally function in the way it intended.
They call it “lied” about cutting help to mothers, children, people with disabilities and the elderly.
And North Carolina's NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson told Fox News Digital ahead of the vote that “Republicans are ending Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse, so the most vulnerable people get the care they need.”
“Democrats are lying to protect the broken status quo that allows illegal immigrants to suck up billions of dollars for American families. We are strengthening future generations of Medicaid by protecting taxpayers and restoring integrity,” Hudson added.
Click here to get the Fox News app
Back in the presidential election last year, Trump vowed not to touch Medicaid. On Tuesday, he set up a rare stop on Capitol Hill and the message to financially conservative lawmakers seeking to cut Medicaid even further to meet behind closed doors with House Republicans to strengthen support for the bill was “not with Medicaid.”
There is a ratio between Republicans over Medicaid and two key parties over the long-standing qualification program, but there is one agreement. This issue will continue to boil down in some way on the campaign trail for a long time in the legislative battle at Capitol Hill.
