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president Donald Trump He quickly targeted the Democrats for his opposition to his fundamental domestic policy bill.
“No Democrats voted for us. We have to beat them, so I think we’re using it in the mid-term campaign.”
The president spoke to the July 4th event event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds when he raised headlines to kick off the 250th anniversary celebration next year from signing the Declaration of Independence.
A few hours ago, GOP controlled it House of Representativesvoted almost entirely along the party line with 218-214 votes on Thursday, bringing up the so-called “one big beautiful bill” to the final legislative passage. Earlier this week, Vice President JD Vance broke the tie in the Senate, moving forward 51-50.
Trump touts “Big Beautiful Bill” as “Very Popular” despite voting
President Donald Trump will speak at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (Photographer: Scott Morgan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The president is expected to sign the law on a massive spending and tax cuts bill at 5pm on Friday at the White House signing ceremony.
It ended with a legislative war over the bill, and with Trump Congressional Republican leaders The trail war of the victorious campaign now begins over controversial measures. This suggests that most polls are less popular with Americans.
“After passing a small final hurdle in Congress, a big beautiful bill on the way to the White House
“All Democrats voted to hurt working families and protect the status quo,” a memo from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), which was released minutes after the final home of the bill passed.
And the NRCC, the campaign division of the House GOP, emphasized that “House Republicans will be less unapologetic at making this vote a critical issue for 2026.”
House Republicans will defend with the majority of razors in their rooms (when the 220-215 homes are getting stronger) when all 435 seats are grabbed in next year’s midterm elections.
Wednesday, June 25th, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Republicans and Democrats will fight for the House and Senate majority in next year’s midterm elections. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
North Carolina NRCC Speaker Richard Hudson accused House Democrats of “rejecting common sense” by voting for the bill.
“And we’ll make sure each of them has to answer that,” he vowed to point out next year’s parliamentary elections.
The bill is packed with Trump’s 2024 campaign trail promises and second term priorities on tax cuts, immigration, defense, energy and debt restrictions.
This includes extending the tax cuts in his signature 2017, as well as tips and elimination of taxes on overtime payments.
By creating his first periodtax rate Permanent – they were due to expire later this year – the bill will increase by about $4.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office and the Responsible Federal Budget Committee.
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The measure also provides billions to border security and codifies the president’s controversial immigrant crackdown.
The bill also rebuilds Medicaid. It is a nearly 60-year federal program offering health insurance to around 71 million low-income Americans. Additionally, Senate Republicans increased Medicaid cuts than the House first passed in late May.
Changes to MedicaidIt was partially drafted as an offset for Trump’s tax cuts, as well as the food stamp cut reduction, which is one of the country’s main safety net programs. The measures include numerous new rules and regulations, including work requirements for many people seeking Medicaid compensation.
The $3.4 trillion legislative package is also projected to surge citizen debt at $4 trillion over the next decade.
Democrats have been denouncement of Republicans for changes to their social safety net for months.
“Destruction: House Republicans vote to drive 17 million healthcare,” shouted the headline in an email from the Democratic National Committee to supporters.
House Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries accused that “extreme House Republicans have just approved the biggest cuts in American history and the biggest cuts in American history to fund tax credits for billionaires donors.”
And Suzan Delbene, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), said, “The DCCC knows how all battlefield voters have abandoned them by passing the least popular legislation in modern American history.
This holiday weekend is looking to become Republicans over the passage of the bill, so hopefully you’ll see Democrat ads as soon as possible. And Democrats are expected to raise the volume of their messaging campaign next month during the August Congress break.
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But Republicans are also attacking, targeting Democrats to vote against tax cuts.
Republicans are shining the spotlight in polls conducted by public policy groups alongside the GOP that show strong support for the bill under the tax cuts.
One Nation, a release from the group earlier this week, argued that “polls show that the public supports the Republican plan to cut family taxes, eliminate taxes on social security, overtime and tips, and support the governance of federal budget waste and abuse.”
President Donald Trump will speak at the US 250 kickoff event at Iowa State Fairgrouse on July 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
The president promoted his bill when he returned to the country’s capital early on Friday after an event in Iowa.
“I think it’s very popular. It does a lot, but one of them is the biggest tax cut in our country’s history. It’s very popular on its own,” Trump said.
But Democrats have put a spotlight on many national votes held last month, demonstrating the bill’s popularity in the negative territory.
With a margin of 21 points, voters asked about the latest questions. Fox News National Poll They opposed the bill (38% were supported, compared to 59% opposed).
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The bill was also underwater in other national surveys conducted last month by the Washington Post (minus 19 points), Pew Research (minus 20 points), and Kinnipiac University (minus 26 points).
Approximately half of respondents questioned in the Fox News poll said the bill hurts families (49%), one quarter thought it would help (23%), and another quarter didn’t think it would make a difference (26%).
Voters surveyed in a poll conducted last month by Fox News, opposed “one big beautiful bill” by a margin of 59% to 38%. (Fox News)
60% felt they fully understood what was in the measure, and although those voters were more likely to support the law than those new to it, they thought it would hurt more than helping their families (45% vs. 34%).
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All the latest investigations show wide partisan disparities over the measures.
A Fox News survey conducted June 13-16 found that nearly three-quarters of Republicans (73%) supported the bill, with nearly nine of 10 Democrats (89%) and nearly three-quarters of independents (73%) opposed the measure.
