Republicans advance One Big Beautiful Bill Act out of Budget Committee after setback last Friday
Republicans managed to advance President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” out of the House Budget Committee during a late Sunday night meeting after leadership made concessions to fiscal hawks in the wake of a revolt last Friday.The bill cleared the committee in a 17–16 vote, with four present: Reps.Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma and Andrew Clyde of Georgia.
Those four fiscal hawks previously shot down the bill from advancing through the committee last Friday.Now that the bill has cleared the Budget Committee, it heads to the Rules Committee and then eventually to the House floor.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is hoping for a full floor vote by the end of this week.“We’re voting on exactly what we presented the other day, last Friday,” Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington said during a back-and-forth with Democrats on the panel Sunday.Norman quipped that “I’m excited about the changes,” without elaborating.“One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is what Republicans have spent months developing to serve as Trump’s signature legislative accomplishment of the year, and possibly his second term.
The mega bill, which spans well over 1,100 pages, features an extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime pay, an increased tax deduction for seniors, beefed-up border security, bolstered energy supply and more.Last week, various House committees rolled out the components of the mammoth bill they had developed.
The House Budget Committee packaged all of that together and held a markup on Friday.Five Republicans — Roy, Norman, Brecheen, Clyde and Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania — voted against advancing it from the budget panel last Friday in a 21-16 vote.Smucker claimed he did so for procedural reasons.
The others cited concerns about spending and demanded that the bill enact work requirements on Medicaid sooner.The initial draft implemented that in 2029.
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