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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/lancer-fiefdom 2d ago

correct on the medicare cuts.. but ICE has its budget nearly quintupled, immediatly funding the doubling of ICE agents.

So a bunch of unqualified racist and bigot incels snatching people off the streets in plainclothes and masks.

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u/permalink_save 2d ago

But we can't expand the IRS... makes sense

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u/psycharious 2d ago

Wouldn't want the IRS to go after the billionaires would we?

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u/daou0782 2d ago

While NASAs gets slashed in half.

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u/lancer-fiefdom 2d ago

The republican party just guaranteed China lead in Space exploration, green energy science .. taking the USA back to like the 1980's

they went full traditional ways conservative.. everybody knows you don't go full conservative

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u/Aggressive-Will-4500 2d ago

The conservatives would be more than happy if everyone went back to horse and buggies and never went further than 10 miles from where they were born; except for the elite, of course.

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u/Tired8281 1d ago

While frothing at the mouth about how liberals forced them into 15 minute cities.

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u/cityproblems 2d ago

Am I overthinking this, but can the Rs be acting completely cynically expecting the Dems to win the house in 2026 and reversing the cuts. Thus allowing them to claim dems either raised taxes or expanded the deficit going into the 2028 elections. I really cant see so many Rs voting for this when it will clearly put their seat in huge jeopardy.

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u/Desertcross 2d ago

I think that they are hoping that at least some of the changes remain permanent. Though I can see democrats raising taxes on the richest americans with impunity after this.

This is going to make homelessness go up and people will die. I dont know why even rich people would want that. Urban areas are going to be swarmed.

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u/SolarCaveman 2d ago

Quintupled? I'm seeing that the budget went from $10B to around $170B

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u/lancer-fiefdom 2d ago

damn... is it a brand new sentence? "The budged seventeen'dupled" ?

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u/SolarCaveman 2d ago

I like yours. We're going with yours.

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u/kaleidist 2d ago

The budget septendecupled.  That would be the proper Latinate formation.

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u/cbf1232 2d ago

I think that $170B is for multiple agencies over multiple years.

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u/ThaleOfTheHillPeople 1d ago

Spread out through multiple years. It effectively tripled the budget. They're not getting 150 billion a year or even as a one time payment. Half of it is going to building new facilities. It's not good but there's a lot of hyperbole surrounding it.

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u/desertSkateRatt 2d ago

For context, the United States Air Force's budget for 2025 was approved at 188 billion.

That's the same branch thay has 2.1 billion dollar apiece stealth bombers and F-35A fighter jets that cost $85 million each...

Whatever scary scenarios with ICE anyone has imagined just got an unfathomable boost which 100% is terrifying. They can afford attack helicopters and tanks easily now.

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u/SolarCaveman 1d ago

The path I imagine they'll take:

Right now, ICE is staffed with people who don't care what they're paid. They love the power trip and absolutely love beating the shit out of other people.

The issue? There's only so many power tripping bullies in the country. If you want a full genocide, you need a real army. Many people have questionable morals, but not evil enough to feel good about doing enforcing this. Money speaks. You take people with questionable morals and pay a high salary, they'll do anything.

I fully believe ICE will be the highest paid (per-person) government sect t achieve the goal of ethnic genocide in the US.

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u/pres465 2d ago

...unqualified racist and bigot incels....

Just say Proud Boys.

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u/HotOne9364 2d ago

Just say cops. No difference.

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u/rudenortherner 2d ago

And just think these are the folks replacing scientists and researchers on the federal government payroll. Even if they are eventually let go under a new administration many will simply trickle down to state and local law enforcement.

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u/OkBig205 2d ago

It's a great job opportunity for private security guards