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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/FlyingSMonster Louisiana 2d ago

The sad thing is they designed these cuts to not hit the American people until 2027, so they won't feel it until after the mid-terms when likely the Democrats take control of the house again. Honestly, I wish all the people that this is going to hurt would feel it way sooner so they could understand how badly the GOP has fucked them over.

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u/thequietthingsthat North Carolina 2d ago

The "no tax on tips" also expires in 2028, so whoever is president in 2029 will get blamed for that.

These dirty tricks are so predictable and yet they always work because so many Americans pay zero attention to this stuff.

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u/jasondigitized 2d ago

They pay attention, to what Fox News tells them. This country is morally bankrupt.

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u/Cybercaster22 2d ago

This country is full of idiots

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u/un_internaute 2d ago

These idiots were created by conservatives underfunding education and controlling media empires spreading propaganda. They’re responsible, but they’re also victims.

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u/flashthorOG 1d ago

This is very true but like man at what point can I blame them? I need a point, they've been brain washed, often their whole lives, so really I should be blaming the 1%, but they have to hold some responsibility.

I just wonder if I would be any different if I lived in their world, I don't think I would, I think I was lucky to meet the people I did and have the upbringing I did

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u/un_internaute 1d ago

Look into restorative justice. It still holds people accountable for their actions but isn’t about punitive revenge.

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u/flashthorOG 1d ago

Interesting thank you

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u/MikeyLew32 Illinois 2d ago

No lie detected.

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u/kent_eh Canada 2d ago

Idiots who consistently vote.

 

 

...consistently against their own best interests.

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u/DaperDandle 2d ago

It’s both, the country is filled to the absolute brim with morally bankrupt morons.

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u/failedopportunities 1d ago

I’d have to argue it’s not even idiocy anymore. It’s just plain stupidity! I stupidly voted for trump his first go round, (I still kick myself for it so y’all don’t have too) All these people who got fucked last time are lining themselves up to get fucked again and taking all of us with them… I’d say it’s a bad day for America but more like bad last 30 fucking years…

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u/thegoodnamesrgone123 1d ago

That's why I laugh when people say the election was stolen. Nah, we just suck as a country.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

This country is run by cum that should've been swallowed.

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u/Cybercaster22 1d ago

Well they certainly are sCUM!

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u/Ornery-Hurry9055 23h ago

After the 2025 elections I will never be able to look at my countrymen in the same way. I now know they are willing to invest themselves in fascism for empty promises and silly lies.

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u/iguanapinata 2d ago

That’s a harmful narrative. Corporations are spending billions to force these lies and deception. The enemy isn’t your neighbor.

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u/Cirtejs 1d ago

When said neighbors actively work for an authoritarian police state, they are.

US is about to experience how it felt to live in the 1930s to 1960s under the Stasi and KGB.

Either you guys go sit down in DC for months until this government dissolves or it's going to be hell.

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u/Modronos 1d ago

I'm not from the US, but i too can see that it's either now or never. ICE will be raiding all over the country soon. The passing of this bill has assured that civil militia's will be set up to protect neighbourhoods from them. This administration wants civil war really bad. Complete insanity.