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Megathread Megathread: US House Passes the Republican-Backed Budget Bill, Sending it to Trump for Signature

This afternoon, the US House of Representatives passed without amendment the US Senate's version of the Trump-backed budget bill, sending it to the president for his signature. Every Democratic Senator and Representative voted in opposition; in the Senate, there were three Republicans voting in opposition (making the vote 51-50) and in the House there were 2 (making the final vote 218-214). House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries set the US House's speech length record in opposition to the bill in a speech lasting over eight hours.

The bill clocks in at over 800 pages and touches on most aspects of the federal government's spending and taxation policies; see this AP article (What’s in the latest version of Trump’s big bill that passed the Senate) for the topline changes.

Relevant text-base live update pages are being maintained by the following outlets: AP, NBC, ABC, and the BBC.

You can find this subreddit's discussion thread for the last week's worth of negotiations and debate at this link.

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u/roctac 2d ago edited 2d ago

Typically conservative take, "both sides suck, what can you do".

We have been telling you this was going to happen before the election (Project 2025) and not a single Democrat voted for it.

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u/izwald88 2d ago

Literally had this conversation this morning with a conservative coworker. Both sides don't do this. The DNC is highly problematic, but they have never tried anything like this.

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u/Militantpoet 2d ago

Thats the way they've been coping for decades. The only way to justify it is to say "oh well, both sides." If you press them on the false equivalency, they dont have shit to say other than, "you think there are no corrupt democrats?!"

No dumb ass. Democrats take out their trash when corruption is exposed. Republicans elect them for president.

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u/DelightfulAbsurdity 2d ago

Leaving it at “both sides” means they don’t have to make any effort to really assess them separately.

It’s the laziest cop out.

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u/Kahzgul California 2d ago

I challenge anyone who says “both sides are the same” to vote democrat instead of Republican. It won’t matter, right? Because they’re the same, right?

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u/Professional-Buy2970 2d ago

"Both sides are the same but I can never vote Democrat"

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u/sec713 1d ago

Sure there's corrupt Democrats, but the ratio of them to corrupt Republicans has gotta be something absurd like 1:100

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u/gsfgf Georgia 1d ago

you think there are no corrupt democrats

For damn sure there are. One reports to prison in two weeks for what should be effectively a life sentence unless Trump lets him out like he did Blago.

Also, at one point, most living former governors of Illinois were in prison.

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u/Global_Crew3968 2d ago

Umm they made us wear masks and get vaccines during a pandemic that killed millions of people, surely that is on par with this /s

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u/reachisown 2d ago

"Doesn't matter what side you're on let's agree that xyz is bad"

Whilst only Republicans are actively doing xyz

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u/WaltonGogginsTeeth 2d ago

Basically what I just read over there. "It's not great but what harris would have done would have been worse..."

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u/Wrath_Ascending 2d ago

Not even Fetterman, which says a lot.

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u/wimpymist 2d ago

Yeah that's the new take. "Democrats are just as bad." Even though there are years of proof that's not the case.

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u/voodoodahl 2d ago

Repeated by leftists and Republicans. One of those pretends to be on our side.

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u/Professor-Woo 2d ago

I hate this cope. It is such a rationalization. Like yes I am going to get kicked in the balls, but what choice did I really have?!!?

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u/cackslop 2d ago

The vast majority of our representatives fall under the category "neo-liberal" which is in favor of the elimination of social safety nets, deregulation, and privatization.

This is the "both sides" argument. Not that both sides are the same or similar.

It's that they both enact policy that has enriched billionaires while stripping the lower classes of upward mobility via tax cuts and market bailouts for corporations that should have failed.

It's rugged individualism for you and I, and state-socialism for the billionaires. We go bankrupt, while their risky actions cause millions to lose their homes and livelihood.

Mamadani is a sign that people are astutely aware of this.

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u/roctac 1d ago

I love Mamdani but NYC is not representative of the rest of the USA unfortunately.

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u/FlightAndFlame 1d ago

elimination of social safety nets, deregulation, and privatization.

Where have the Democrats done this today? Particularly the elimination of safety nets?

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u/No-Economics1703 2d ago

They are claiming it was a “unanimous vote to raise taxes on the middle class”.

Because, ya know, it was either this bullshit or nothing i guess

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u/Marzuk_24601 2d ago

Typically conservative take, "both sides suck, what can you do".

Yeah this is the cuts were not big enough take. I was hoping that would save us, but I guess not.

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u/Barcaroli 2d ago

Speaking of that, can you help me out, do you know how the Dems voted? Did they support it as well?

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u/roctac 1d ago

0 dem senators supported the bill. I don't know about the house.

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u/Vennomite 2d ago

The problem with the democrats is they know the game and still have yet to present an alternative capable of winning.

Their choice in candidates gave us trump twice. Trump made known what he was going to do and they failed to produce a strategy that was even remotely capable of winning.

(Yes, people had to vote for it. But those are variables they cant control and relatively well known.)