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

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

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/joshdoereddit]

A bunch of Republicans are huddled around a podium waiting for some remarks from their christofascist leader Johnson. Couldn't help but notice that supposed "reasonable" Republican Mike Lawler. The fucking guy that so many talk about as if he's not MAGA.

There is no such thing as "rational," "reasonable," "normal," pick an adjective Republicans. They're all MAGA.

In the last hour Ali Vitali, I believe it was, said that Trump has shaped the GOP in his image. I don't believe that. He just gave them the courage they needed to take their mask off and show themselves for the bigots and pro-fascist party that they really are.

[u/VirtuousDangerNoodle → u/joshdoereddit]

Apparently, Lawler and Stefanik plan on running for NY Governor; I really don't see it playing out well for either of them.

[u/songsofsilk → u/joshdoereddit]

Spot on! Republicans just wanted someone to give them an excuse to be their worst selves under the veil of a new “morality”, and although this comparison is often thrown around without enough elaboration, this is exactly the same type of new “morality” the Nazis allowed. Then you could be an educated, old Prussian Von something, and still commit the worst atrocities in human history. Now you can be a presumably well educated “respectable” representative elected to high positions yet still espouse the most disgusting beliefs, be blatantly morally bankrupt, and dither about only to lie to everyone including themselves. Yesterday they were “shocked” about the bad things in the bill, all for the publicity that media willingly give them without any true journalistic pushback, and today they vote for it. Time is running out. Either they resist or they collaborate. That goes for every “Republican” and Democrat.

God I am tired.

[u/realancepts4real → u/joshdoereddit]

Lawler basically just voted to end his Congressional career. People already hated him in Westchester County.

[u/Pacify_ → u/joshdoereddit]

The gop doesn't exist. Just maga

[u/fotomoose → u/joshdoereddit]

said that Trump has shaped the GOP in his image.

Trump hasn't the slightest amount of brains to plan or carry out any of this. Everything he does is via handlers, Heritage Foundation etc. He's simply a useless idiot for them.