House Passes Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill, 218-214
All but two Republicans voted to pass the measure, while all Democrats voted against it.
After weeks of tense negotiations and fierce behind-the-scenes arm-twisting from the White House, the House passed President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” on Thursday afternoon. Hailed by supporters as a sweeping victory and derided by critics as a reckless power grab, the bill represents Trump’s entire domestic policy agenda.
As House Speaker Mike Johnson gaveled down the vote and announced the bill’s passage, applause and shouts of “USA” filled the House chamber.
All but two Republicans voted to pass the measure, while all Democrats voted against it.
The two members of the GOP caucus who voted “no” include Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.
Massie is a fiscal hawk, rabidly so, who was never going to vote for this bill. Fitzpatrick is a moderate from a swing district in Pennsylvania that Democrats are hoping to flip in next year’s midterms.
The bill now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
U.S. President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” has passed the House by a vote nearly along party lines of 218–214, with it now heading to desk of the President. pic.twitter.com/yEhjM5PDZn
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 3, 2025
The bill advanced in the House of Representatives at 3:30 a.m. on Thursday after a group of Republican holdouts switched their votes. This procedural vote allowed the House to open debate on the legislation and paved the way forward to a vote on the final bill.
After hours of negotiations and the longest vote in House history, the Big Beautiful Bill overcame a key procedural hurdle. pic.twitter.com/GGtLcyokGH
— Tangle (@TangleNews) July 3, 2025
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) took the floor just before 5 a.m. ET to begin his “magic minute” speech. According to Fox News, a “magic minute” is “a privilege for party leaders in the chamber that allows them to speak for however long they want.”
As if trying to compete with his Senate colleague, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), whose March 31 filibuster lasted more than 25 hours, Jeffries spoke for nearly nine hours. I’m not quite sure whether he was merely delaying the inevitable or genuinely hoping that some wobbly Republicans might reconsider their votes.
🚨 JUST IN: Hakeem Jeffries wrapping up his record-long House speech by announcing "PROJECT 2026," clearly the Democrats' midterm campaign springboard.
"After Project 2025, comes Project 2026!" pic.twitter.com/12f03nvsJC
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 3, 2025
Following brief remarks from Speaker Johnson, the vote began.
🚨 JUST NOW: Speaker Mike Johnson RESPONDS to Hakeem Jeffries 8 hour hissy fit
“It takes a lot longer to build a lie, than to tell the simple TRUTH!” – @SpeakerJohnson pic.twitter.com/WmG64W0smY
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) July 3, 2025
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Hawking Hakeem hawked his wares,
While Democrats slept unawares.
When they awoke, Republicans had spoke.
A Royal Flush beat two pairs!
Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker; the new Statler and Waldorf of Congress. Mildly humorous and COMPLETELY inconsequential.
Jeffries speech will be remembered as long as Spartacus Bookers speech was. That is, forgotten already. Dime store Obama has to be one of the most lightweight and ineffective party leaders in history
He will be remembered for putting a Democrat sitting behind him to sleep with his long speech.
True. Dan Turrentine has been saying for months that political stunts, theatrics and just being against everything Trump does isn’t going to cut it. The Dems need clear leadership and policy positions but just are not doing it. He is right in this. If the Dems keep down this path then they are going to get clobbered in the mid terms which might wake them up for the Presidential election but who knows? Hysterical “We Gonna Die” as a response to everything the Republicans isn’t going to work.
Couple this with the good economic news today and …
Look out world!
In light of this momentous occasion, I have cancelled all 4th of July celebration plans and am instead going to self deport, die of Medicare, and pick fruits and vegetables instead of the lowly slaves – ahem… – farmworkers that do it for me.
I might even wash my windows in protest.
I am worried there will be no one left to blow my grass clippings into the road..
Don’t forget to get yourself eaten by an alligator
I have plans to mug myself.
Awesome.
Mike Johnson is really one of the best Speakers, ever. I had serious issues with him in the beginning but he has pulled through and has done magical work with the slimmest of majorities. And done it all so quietly.
This bill is about the best that could have been passed and, as President Trump stresses, the bulk of the fiscal positives in this bill will come in the growth we get. We are in a monetary position, right now, where we cannot cut our way to resolution – austerity will not help. The only way out, from here is (other than default, which is always a reasonable move, though politically near-impossible) to grow our way out and that is what Trump is setting us up for, with this bill being the first major step.
Congrats to Mike Johnson and the GOP, and to America. Well done.
I think you give Massie too much credit for having any real principles.
If Massie had any principles he would admit that he’s a Democrat.
Who the bleep are you to throw stones at anybody else’s principles? You support a serial lying felon and sex assaulter who was found liable for fraud 3 times. Wash that $249 a bottle Trump stank off you and then you can comment, k’ hon?
Now the rubber hits the road and we will see if all the fearmongers are just crying wolf while the sky is falling. The guess is they will be as credible as always, not very, and that the wolf is a puppy dog and the sky blue and crystal clear.
The clown from PA was concerned that the bill didn’t include money for Ukraine.
Sh*tlibs were preaching gloom and doom when Ronnie won, and then there were the 80s. That feeling is coming around again.
House used loosely, 0 Democrat/ Socialists
Not a perfect bill or even a great bill by any means but given the various constituencies, factions it is good enough. Lets hope some of the ‘assurances’ about cutting spending in the future will be delivered. We’ve got a short window to begin turning before it becomes too late to matter. Unfortunately I suspect all the folks demanding ‘unity’ and urging fiscal hawks and libertarians to ‘be team players’ won’t provide their votes to bills to make the cuts in spending necessary to make a.difference. Somehow the reciprocity never arrives on cuts for current spending, always some version of ‘we’ll get it done next time’. Not many more opportunities to deliver.
I hate it when we are told the growth in the economy will offset the deficit but Congress does is spend money.
gop needs to go on lefty tv and hammer it home that americans are getting more of their own money back and aoc and the rest can f off
You should see the hysterical email my former Congresswomen sent her constituents, with the most tendentious misleading summary you could ask to see. I replied that she needs to stop fear-mongering & asked what she planned to do about Mamdani. I expect a canned non-response in about 2 weeks.
Whatever happened to single issue bills?
Democrat tears are falling.
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I’ve been informed by multiple Democrats that now we are all going to die so it’s been nice everyone.