Despite weeks of hyperbole, Democrat obstruction, and days of votes and amendments to delay, the Senate has finally passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, albeit with a Democrat-forced name change.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted Tuesday to pass a wide-ranging tax-cut and spending bill sought by President Donald Trump. The Democrat name change brought by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., seemed to be a losing shot to take Trump's chosen name off his signature budget reconciliation legislation.
Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote in the Senate 51-50.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., were the three Republicans to boldly break from Trump and the party to vote against the bill.
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act proposes a $4.5 trillion extension of his first term tax cuts. It rolls back billions of dollars in green energy tax credits while providing a $350 billion infusion for border security and Trump's mass deportation program.
With a 53-47 majority, Republicans could afford to lose only three votes — Vance had the power to break a tie.
The bill goes back the House for a potential vote Wednesday.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn.; and Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., released the following joint statement after the Senate's passage. The House will consider the bill immediately for final passage and put it on Trump's desk by the Fourth of July.
"The House will work quickly to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill that enacts President Trump’s full America First agenda by the Fourth of July," the joint statement read. "The American people gave us a clear mandate, and after four years of Democrat failure, we intend to deliver without delay.
"Republicans were elected to do exactly what this bill achieves: secure the border, make tax cuts permanent, unleash American energy dominance, restore peace through strength, cut wasteful spending, and return to a government that puts Americans first.
"This bill is President Trump's agenda, and we are making it law. House Republicans are ready to finish the job and put the One Big Beautiful Bill on President Trump's desk in time for Independence Day."
Leaving the White House on Tuesday morning, the president made clear that the goal remains to sign the package into law by Friday's Independence Day holiday, although he acknowledged the self-imposed deadline could slip.
"We're going to get there. It's tough.... It's really good for the country, trying to get a lot for everybody. And it's a big bill," he told reporters.
Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley issued praise for the party's ability to settle differences and overcome Democrat obstruction.
"Senate Republicans just passed the commonsense MAGA agenda that President Trump ran on," Whatley wrote in a statement. "The One, Big, Beautiful Bill delivers the largest tax cuts in American history, makes record-breaking reductions in wasteful government spending, and puts America First.
"Every single Democrat in the Senate voted against this bill, doubling down on tax hikes for working Americans and open border policies. Republicans are restoring prosperity for Americans while Democrats are clinging to a failed, broken agenda."
Information from The Associated Press and Agence France Presse was used to compile this report.
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