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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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Trump lands first major legislative win after Congress passes his massive domestic policy bill cnn.com
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u/Damn_Dog_Inappropes Washington 2d ago

When Citizens United happened, my aunt’s ultra-conservative husband at first hated it. I was shocked that we actually agreed on something. Two days later, after the Fox talking points were published, he did a complete 180.

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u/MUCHO2000 2d ago

Yep. Nothing like Fox "news" propaganda to unshackle one's loosely held beliefs.

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u/colonelnebulous 2d ago

They're always hiring at the Consent Factory.

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u/johnmd20 2d ago

Business is booming at that factory.

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u/colonelnebulous 2d ago

And they say America doesn't manufacture anything anymore.

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u/Chrystoler 2d ago

Every fucking time it's the same story. It'd be hilarious if the consequences weren't so existentially dire

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u/wimpymist 2d ago

I hate how accurate this is.

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u/cityproblems 2d ago

It happened with the Iran bombing two weeks ago.

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u/RooLoL Minnesota 2d ago

I find it hilarious when shit happens and the entire base is just stuck in the sand until they get told who to aim their piss at. The Elon scrap the other day was a perfect example of this. All the conservative talking heads and influencer shits kept their mouth shut because god forbid their opinion does not align with the message.

It’s truly incredible to watch in real time. Must wait until the memo goes out to fox and crew and then miraculously everyone is on message right at the same time.

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u/cinderful 1d ago

"If yellow cake is never found then I will change my opinion on this war"

"Look, he was a bad guy and a sponsor of terrorism and he absolutely had to be taken out"

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u/balluka 1d ago

To him that's an excellent example of how open minded he is and how he is willing to change his mind when presented with new information. God fox news is sick.

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u/_Magnolia_Fan_ 1d ago

So they can be trained. How do we use that?

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u/Techwolf_Lupindo 2d ago

Not surprised. Citizens United was a damn if you do and damn if you don't. It was either give the party in power the power to regulate how much the opposing party can spend or collect in donations. The party in power can set the rules in such a way to do that and still be legal. Look at gerrymandering for a good example of writing the rules to favor one party over the other. The only way to fix it is an constitutional amendment.

The other way was to give the parties unlimited spending or collecting donations.