Trump's 'big, Beautiful Bill' Clears Final Hurdle Before House-wide Vote

The House Rules Committee has teed up President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" for a chamber-wide ballot Wednesday aft a astir 12-hour-long convention debating nan monolithic portion of legislation.

It now heads to nan full enclosure for consideration, wherever respective Republicans person already signaled they're concerned pinch various aspects of nan measure.

Just 2 Republicans voted against reporting nan measure retired of committee – Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, conservatives who had expressed reservations pinch nan measure earlier connected Tuesday. No Democrats voted to beforehand it, while nan remaining 7 Republicans did.

The mostly of Republican lawmakers look poised to beforehand nan bill, however, believing it's nan champion imaginable discuss conveyance to make Trump's run promises a reality.

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President Donald Trump's schedule is moving its measurement done Congress. (Fox News/Getty Images)

"This measure is President Trump’s agenda, and we are making it law. House Republicans are fresh to decorativeness nan occupation and put nan One Big Beautiful Bill connected President Trump’s table successful clip for Independence Day," House GOP leaders said successful a associated connection aft nan Senate passed nan measure connected Tuesday.

The House Rules Committee acts arsenic nan last gatekeeper earlier astir pieces of authorities get a chamber-wide vote.

Democrats attempted to hold nan panel's hours-long proceeding by offering aggregate amendments that were changeable down on statement lines.

They criticized nan measure arsenic a bloated taxation trim giveaway to able Americans, astatine nan disbursal of Medicaid sum for lower-income people. Democrats person besides accused Republicans of adding billions of dollars to nan nationalist debt, chiefly by extending Trump's 2017 taxation cuts.

"I don't cognize what it intends to beryllium a fiscal hawk, because if you ballot for this bill, you're adding $4 trillion to nan debt," Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Calif., said during statement connected nan measure. 

"Republicans person gone connected TV for months and months and months solemnly insisting to nan American group that this measure is going to trim nan debt, that this will not wounded anybody connected Medicaid, conscionable those lazy bums and, you know, unworthy people." 

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But Republicans person said nan measure is targeted alleviation for mediate and working-class Americans, citing provisions temporarily allowing group to deduct taxes from tipped and overtime wages, among others.

"If you ballot against this bill, you're voting against nan kid taxation in installments being astatine $2,200 per child. At nan extremity of this year, it will driblet to $1,000. That makes a immense effect to 40 cardinal hardworking Americans. And it's simply, erstwhile they ballot no, they're voting against a $2,200 kid taxation credit, and they're okay pinch $1,000," House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., said.

"If you perceive to nan Democrats here, they opportunity this is each astir billionaires and millionaires. No taxation connected tips, nary taxation connected overtime work. How galore millionaires and billionaires, Madam Chair, activity by the hour?"

Ways & Means Chair Jason Smith defended nan measure during statement successful committee. (Tom Williams)

The measure numbers much than 900 pages and includes Trump's priorities connected taxes, nan border, defense, power and nan nationalist debt. 

An first type passed nan House successful May by conscionable 1 vote, but nan Senate has since made aggregate cardinal modifications to Medicaid, taxation cuts and nan indebtedness limit.

Moderates are wary of nan 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.

Several cardinal measures were besides removed during nan "Byrd Bath," a process successful nan Senate wherever authorities is reviewed truthful that it tin beryllium fast-tracked nether nan fund reconciliation process – which must adhere to a strict group of fiscal rules.

Among those blimpish critics, Reps. Scott Perry, R-Pa., and Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., introduced resolutions to alteration nan Senate type to varying degrees.

Ogles' amendment would person astir dramatically changed nan bill. If passed, it would person reverted nan authorities backmost to nan House version. 

Perry's amendments were aimed astatine tightening nan rollback of greenish power taxation credits created by nan erstwhile Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act.

Speaker Mike Johnson said he wants nan House to return up nan measure immediately. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Another amendment by Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., would person restored definite Second Amendment-related provisions stripped retired by nan Byrd Bath.

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Any changes to nan authorities would person forced it backmost into nan Senate, apt delaying Republicans' self-imposed Fourth of July deadline to get nan measure onto Trump's desk.

The afloat House is expected to statesman considering nan measure astatine 9 a.m. ET Wednesday.

Sometime that morning, House lawmakers will ballot connected whether to statesman debating nan bill, a procedural measurement known arsenic a "rule vote."

If that's cleared, a last ballot connected nan measure itself is expected sometime later Wednesday.