His demand that lawmakers approve his 900-page “Big Beautiful Bill” appears to have struck a chord with enough Republicans to get it over the line in the House of Representatives. The Senate approved the bill – albeit via the casting vote of Vice President JD Vance – earlier this week. Trump can confidently expect to sign his signature piece of legislation on America’s 249th birthday.
By design, the legislation was envisaged as Trump’s one-stop-shop to counterbalance the punishing tariffs of his global trade war with a broader economic plan that the White House insists will see the country boom. In Trump’s telling, Republicans who oppose the plan on the basis that it will grow the deficit by another $3.3 trillion dollars are traitors. “FOR REPUBLICANS, THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY YES VOTE”, Trump thundered on social media in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the US Capitol on July 2, 2025 as Trump and other Republicans worked to gather enough support for his sweeping tax and spending bill (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty)
Elon Musk continues to lead the charge against the President’s plan. He has warned the legislation will lead to the evisceration of millions of jobs, and prove “extremely crazy and destructive” by fueling public debt.
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While some Republicans are deficit hawks and echo Musk’s concerns, others have threatened to derail the bill over what they deem to be insufficient cuts in public spending. The White House has spent countless hours over the last fortnight trying to win over lawmakers in each camp.
The legislation guts Medicaid, the government-funded healthcare programme for lower-income Americans. Back in their home states, many lawmakers have already received an earful about Trump’s threat to add millions of people to the ranks of America’s uninsured.
Trump is telling them not to panic, and not to believe the naysayers. He argues that the bill will create so much economic stimulus, out-of-work Americans will find new jobs that will, in turn, provide them with health insurance. (In the United States, 98 per cent of larger employers offer access to health insurance as an employee benefit).
Four million Americans are expected to lose their eligibility for vouchers that the government provides so the least affluent can purchase basic staples at their local supermarkets.
A second proposal to tax clean energy projects has been removed from the version of the bill being considered by the House. But industry analysts say the final legislation will put jobs at risk within the clean energy sector, leading to increased costs for Americans who hope to move away from their dependence on fossil fuels.
Democrat Congressman Jimmy Gomez sits on the steps outside the US Capitol during the procedural vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill (Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty)For the military industry especially, it will usher in a new golden age, with $150 billion earmarked for defence, and $129 billion devoted to funding the President’s programme of mass deportations.
He is on the cusp of achieving his aim. But after he applies his trademark felt-tipped pen to the final bill, signing it into law, Republicans will continue to wonder whether their massive roll-of-the-dice may eventually see them driven them out of office.
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