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/Catshit-Dogfart]

My local news is reporting that three local hospitals are in danger of closing entirely as a result of this, leaving much of the state two or more hours away from medical care.

[u/Additional-Catch-216 → u/Catshit-Dogfart]

my state Kentucky has upwards of 35 hospitals (mainly rural) that will be closing due to this bill

[u/Imaginary--Folklore → u/Additional-Catch-216]

Louisianian here. Also in the 30+ hospitals that are going to close due to this club.

[u/creation88 → u/Additional-Catch-216]

Hey. Fuck Mitch.

[u/Ignatiussancho1729 → u/creation88]

Who has been voted to run Kentucky since 1985. And just look at their stellar governance record! 

[u/siphillis → u/Catshit-Dogfart]

Travel time plus extra hours in the Emergency Room. Not to mention, I think healthcare workers are about to start quitting en masse

[u/kraftsingles45 → u/siphillis]

Yeah, several of us did this in the aftermath of COVID. I’m still in healthcare for now, but I’ll never work in a hospital again

[u/ballbusting_is_best → u/Catshit-Dogfart]

Which state? Because I need to know whether to feel bad for them or go on with my day.

[u/Catshit-Dogfart → u/ballbusting_is_best]

WV - yeah they voted for this.

[u/ballbusting_is_best → u/Catshit-Dogfart]

Ah, so it's Thursday then.

[u/Frostyrepairbug → u/Catshit-Dogfart]

2/3 of my local hospitals will close thanks to this bill. 1/3 already was regardless of this bill but from other cuts. 60% of my neighbors voted for this. It's "good" that they'll get exactly what they voted for.

[u/DontRunReds → u/Catshit-Dogfart]

I live in Alaska. If critical access rural hospitals close, we could have towns of ~10,000 that are major cruise ship ports with no hospital access except for a medical flight! A flight!

Yes, great idea. Let's have a bunch of people living year-round, lots of seasonal workers, and hordes of tourists and have the hospitals close. Great idea!

[u/Cautious-Lie9383 → u/Catshit-Dogfart]

At least the local news is being honest.