The landmark bill, which includes tax cuts and funding boosts for the Pentagon and border security, will now head to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law
President Donald Trump scored a massive legislative win as Congress passed his ambitious ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ with a narrow margin. The bill was passed with a final vote of 218-214, with two Republicans, Representative Thomas Massie and Brian Fitzpatrick, voting against it.
The landmark bill, which includes tax cuts and funding boosts for the Pentagon and border security, will now head to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
Donald Trump is expected to sign the bill in a “big, beautiful signing ceremony” on Friday evening. “The one ‘big, beautiful bill’ has passed the House of Representatives and will be at the president’s desk for signature at a big, beautiful signing ceremony tomorrow at 5 p.m. on the Fourth of July, just as the president always said and hoped it would be,” Leavitt announced on a press call shortly after the bill’s passage.
Following the passing of the bill, Vice President JD Vance admitted that sometimes he “doubted” that the bill would pass by July 4. “Congrats to everyone. At times, I even doubted we’d get it done by July 4! But now we’ve delivered big tax cuts and the resources necessary to secure the border. Promises made, promises kept!” Vance said on X.
The bill was passed in the US Senate on Tuesday, with a 51-50 vote, with Vice-President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.
The final 51-50 vote followed intense negotiations as lawmakers worked through the weekend before launching a 27-hour marathon of amendment votes on the floor, during which Republican leaders sought to win the support of holdouts, the report said.
The massive Republican bill, which includes significant tax cuts, deep reductions to federal aid programmes, and major shifts in energy and immigration policy, was passed in the Senate despite unified Democratic opposition and defections from three Republican senators: Thom Tillis, Rand Paul, and Susan Collins.
Trump expressed his elation over this significant legislative win, announcing a bill signing celebration at the White House.
Noting that almost all representatives of the Republican party voted in favour of the bill, resulting in a final vote of 218-214, Trump said, “The Republicans in the House of Representatives have just passed the ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT.” Our Party is UNITED like never before, and our Country is “HOT.”
Trump invited all Congressmen/women and Senators to join the bill signing celebrations.
“We are going to have a Signing Celebration at the White House tomorrow, at 4 P.M. EST. All Congressmen/women and Senators are invited. Together, we will celebrate our Nation’s Independence and the beginning of our new Golden Age. The people of the United States of America will be Richer, Safer, and Prouder than ever before,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Thank you to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and all of the wonderful Republican Members of Congress who helped us deliver on our Promises, and so much more. Together, we can do things that were not even imagined possible less than one year ago. We will keep working, and winning — CONGRATULATIONS AMERICA!” Trump added.
The legislation makes savings through making cuts to food benefits and health care and rolling back tax breaks for clean energy projects. It also delivers on two of Trump’s major campaign promises – making his 2017 tax cuts permanent and lifting taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security recipients – at a cost of $4.5tn over 10 years.
About $150bn will be spent on border security, detention centres and immigration enforcement officers. Another $150bn is allocated for military expenditures, including the president’s “gold dome” missile defence programme. Democrats, who had used procedural manoeuvres to stall the House vote, were roundly critical of the final bill. They portrayed it as taking health care and food subsidies away from millions of Americans while giving tax cuts to the rich.
California’s Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker, said “today ushers in a dark and harrowing time”, and called the bill a “dangerous checklist of extreme Republican priorities”. North Carolina’s Deborah Ross said: “Shame on those who voted to hurt so many in the service of so few.” While Arizona’s Yassamin Ansari said she was “feeling really sad right now”, while Marc Veasey of Texas labelled the Republican Party the party of “cowards, chaos and corruption”.
The fate of the so-called ‘big, beautiful bill’ hung in the balance for much of Wednesday as Republican rebels with concerns about the impact on national debt held firm – prompting a furious missive from Trump.
