House Advances Trump's Massive Agenda Bill After Freedom Caucus Caves

The House of Representatives has voted to beforehand President Donald Trump’s $3.3 trillion "big, beautiful bill" to its last shape successful Congress, overcoming fears of a imaginable Republican mutiny.

It’s a important triumph for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., though nan conflict is not complete yet.

Lawmakers voted to proceed pinch statement connected nan mammoth-sized Trump schedule measure connected Wednesday – a system known arsenic a "rule vote" – teeing up a last House-wide ballot sometime later coming aliases tomorrow.

But it’s not clear really agelong nan process will return arsenic of now. Democrats could still telephone up various procedural votes to hold nan last measure, arsenic they did erstwhile nan authorities passed nan House by conscionable 1 ballot for nan first clip successful precocious May.

Conservative lawmakers were threatening to derail nan norm ballot arsenic precocious arsenic Tuesday complete changes nan Senate made to nan legislation, which members of nan House Freedom Caucus based on would adhd billions of dollars to nan national deficit.

But those concerns look to person been outweighed by unit from House GOP leaders and nan president himself – who urged House Republicans to coalesce astir nan bill.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, left, and President Donald Trump shingle hands during an Invest America roundtable successful nan State Dining Room of nan White House successful Washington connected June 9, 2025. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The Senate passed its type of nan measure precocious connected Tuesday morning, making modifications to nan House’s provisions connected Medicaid cost-sharing pinch states, immoderate taxation measures, and raising nan indebtedness ceiling.

Moderates are wary of Senate measures that would displacement much Medicaid costs to states that expanded their programs nether Obamacare, while conservatives person said those cuts are not enough to offset nan further spending successful different parts of nan bill.

Two members of nan blimpish House Freedom Caucus who besides beryllium connected nan House Rules Committee, Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, voted against nan measurement during nan Rules Committee's 12-hour proceeding to see nan bill.

Johnson himself publically urged nan Senate to alteration arsenic small arsenic imaginable successful nan run-up to nan vote. But nan precocious chamber’s measure yet passed by a likewise constrictive separator arsenic nan House – pinch Vice President JD Vance casting nan tie-breaking vote.

"I’m not happy pinch what nan Senate did to our product," Johnson told reporters precocious connected Tuesday afternoon. "We understand this is simply a process that goes backmost and forth, and we'll beryllium moving to get each of our members to yes."

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune ushered nan measure done his enclosure by conscionable 1 vote. (Getty)

But Trump took to Truth Social aft nan Senate passed nan measure to impulse House Republicans to do nan same.

"It is nary longer a ‘House Bill’ aliases a ‘Senate Bill’. It is everyone’s Bill. There is truthful overmuch to beryllium proud of, and EVERYONE sewage a awesome Policy WIN — But, nan Biggest Winner of them each will beryllium nan American People, who will person Permanently Lower Taxes, Higher Wages and Take Home Pay, Secure Borders, and a Stronger and More Powerful Military," nan president posted.

"We tin person each of this correct now, but only if nan House GOP UNITES, ignores its occasional ‘GRANDSTANDERS (You cognize who you are!), and does nan correct thing, which is sending this Bill to my desk. We are connected schedule — Let’s support it going, and beryllium done earlier you and your family spell connected a July 4thvacation. The American People request and merit it. They sent america present to, GET IT DONE."

Both nan House and Senate person been dealing pinch razor-thin GOP majorities of conscionable 3 votes each.

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The measure would permanently widen nan income taxation brackets lowered by Trump's 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), while temporarily adding caller taxation deductions to destruct duties connected tipped and overtime wages up to definite caps.

It besides includes a caller taxation conclusion for group aged 65 and over.

The authorities besides rolls backmost greenish power taxation credits implemented nether erstwhile President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which Trump and his friends person attacked arsenic "the Green New Scam."

The measure would besides surge money toward nan nationalist defense, and to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) successful nan sanction of Trump's crackdown connected forbidden immigrants successful nan U.S.

The measure would besides raise nan indebtedness limit by $5 trillion successful bid to debar a perchance economically devastating in installments default sometime this summer, if nan U.S. runs retired of rate to salary its obligations.

The measure provided astir $46 cardinal for Trump's separator wall, among different provisions. (Fox News)

New and expanded activity requirements would beryllium implemented for Medicaid and national nutrient assistance, respectively.

Democrats person blasted nan measure arsenic a taxation giveaway to nan able while cutting national benefits for working-class Americans.

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But Republicans person said their taxation provisions are targeted toward nan moving and mediate classes – citing measures eliminating taxes connected tipped and overtime wages – while arguing they were reforming national use programs to activity amended for those who genuinely request them.

Progressive Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., told reporters it was Democrats' intent to hold proceedings connected Wednesday for arsenic agelong arsenic possible.

"This past spell around, we were capable to hold nan measure upwards of 30 hours. And truthful we're going to do nan aforesaid thing, do everything we tin from a procedural constituent of position to hold this," Frost said.

Meanwhile, location were earlier concerns astir if upwind delays successful Washington could hold lawmakers from getting to Capitol Hill successful clip for nan planned vote.

"We're monitoring nan upwind closely," Johnson told reporters. "There's a batch of delays correct now."

Fox News' Dan Scully contributed to this report.