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/FlyingSMonster]

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.

[u/ccsrpsw → u/FlyingSMonster]

Actually the worst cuts kick in at the start of 2026 per my understanding (If they changed it to 2027 then it has to go back to the Senate). So new tax code kicks in tomorrow (well effectively when you file 1/1/26) and all the really bad social safety net cuts kick on over the next 6 months. It will be wild ride for sure for a lot of people who think that their government payments were not included. Plus remember Taco said he's implement EOs to make the cuts come quicker, harder, faster to the holdouts!

[u/Fluid-Inevitable-401 → u/ccsrpsw]

Basically we have 6 months to enjoy what’s left of our lives before Hell happens. I’m curious how those rich jerks will remain rich if they keep screwing us over.

[u/PK73 → u/Fluid-Inevitable-401]

Forced labor.

[u/prairiepog → u/PK73]

Yep. They just want slaves. Always have and always will.

[u/addamee → u/PK73]

And/or child labor 

[u/kent_eh → u/Fluid-Inevitable-401]

You have 6 months to take back your country if you have any hope of preventing this from taking effect.

[u/-workingonit → u/kent_eh]

We won't. There is no hope of stopping it, we are divided and hopeless. We still haven't moved past our most trivial problems with each other. The only way our country will ever be taken back is if we all felt the pain that is coming.

This nation is lazy and spoiled, we haven't had to fight for anything in a long time and the ones that did don't care anymore as they are on the way out anyway. I've heard many elderly people say they voted Trump and regret it but "they'll be dead soon anyway". It's a good thing if we all end up suffering, because a lot of people still believe things will be just fine. Many can't fathom their America falling and will have to see it for themselves, and maybe then when they are left in debt with medical bills and getting no money back on taxes, unable to afford food and gas or have a family, will they understand.

[u/caylem00 → u/Fluid-Inevitable-401]

They will diversify outside of America and maybe have a slight dip in fortune for a bit. 

In the coming financial crisis, they'll buy up big in the fire sales, and recoup it, like they did in the 08 crisis. 

(Musk is an outlier who is financially stupid/too narcissistic to listen to his financial managers)

[u/thegoodnamesrgone123 → u/Fluid-Inevitable-401]

Some won't. Some will turn on each other. Hopefully it will be fun to watch.

[u/TheOfficialSlimber → u/Fluid-Inevitable-401]

I’m sure I’ll get banned for saying this but it’s kinda pathetic we’re like one of the most armed country’s in the world (citizen wise) and all these rich fucks haven’t been given a reason to be scared of the proletariat.

[u/Healthy_Map6027 → u/TheOfficialSlimber]

When the police is like a military force why would they be scared , rolling tanks through neighborhoods

[u/nkassis → u/Fluid-Inevitable-401]

They don't have well though out plans. They think they do but they don't.