Ahead of the Wednesday vote on the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ in the US House of Representatives, President Donald Trump affirmed unity among the Republicans “for the good" of America, as he promised the “biggest tax cuts in history".
This comes as the Republicans in the House vote on Trump’s tax and spending cuts plan on Wednesday (local time), building on the momentum after a hard-won vote in the Senate. By pushing this plan, they’re putting pressure on their own party members — daring them to oppose Trump, in a bold strategy to meet the President’s goal of passing the plan before July 4.
“It looks like the House is ready to vote tonight. We had GREAT conversations all day, and the Republican House Majority is UNITED, for the Good of our Country, delivering the Biggest Tax Cuts in History and MASSIVE Growth. Let’s go Republicans, and everyone else – MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social.
Ahead of the voting, Trump on Wednesday held a meeting at the White House with the Freedom Caucus – a group of conservative Republican members in the US House of Representatives, known for their hardline views on lower taxes – and gave many assurances to them, Republican Representative Tim Burchett told the media.
Burchett said that the meeting went on for around two hours, during which Trump and Vice President JD Vance answered questions from the sceptical members about the bill, including questions on its involvement in Medicaid.
“He answered a lot of my questions," Burchett said. “I still am not sure. I’m leaning in favour of the course," he added.
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ was first passed by the House in May, then made it through the Senate on Tuesday with just one vote after Vance broke the tie-breaking 50-50 vote. Now the Bill has gone back to the House on Wednesday so that the lawmakers can approve the changes made by the Senate.
The bill includes many of Donald Trump’s campaign promises — like increasing military spending, funding a large-scale migrant deportation effort, and extending his earlier tax cuts with a $4.5 trillion boost.
But critics say it could add $3.4 trillion to the national deficit over the next 10 years and bring the biggest cuts to the Medicaid health programme.
Source: News18