House Passes Senate GOP’s Medicaid-Slashing Megabill

July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 03: U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds up the vote total as he delivers remarks alongside fellow House Republicans during an enrollment ceremony for H.R. 1, the One, Big, Beauti... WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 03: U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds up the vote total as he delivers remarks alongside fellow House Republicans during an enrollment ceremony for H.R. 1, the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on July 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The House passed the sweeping tax and spending bill after winning over fiscal hawks and moderate Republicans. The bill makes permanent President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, increase spending on defense and immigration enforcement and temporarily cut taxes on tips, while at the same time cutting funding for Medicaid, food assistance for the poor, clean energy and raises the nation’s debit limit by $5 trillion. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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July 3, 2025

The House passed Senate Republicans’ version of the reconciliation package on Thursday 218-214 in a largely party line vote. Only two Republicans joined Democrats and voted against the bill — Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).

The so-called “big beautiful” bill will make President Trump’s tax cuts permanent, slash the social safety net, add trillions to the national debt, cut clean energy incentives and substantially bolster the administration’s sweeping mass deportation agenda.

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The House passed Senate Republicans’ version of the reconciliation package on Thursday 218-214 in a largely party line vote. Only two Republicans joined Democrats and voted against the bill — Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).

The so-called “big beautiful” bill will make President Trump’s tax cuts permanent, slash the social safety net, add trillions to the national debt, cut clean energy incentives and substantially bolster the administration’s sweeping mass deportation agenda.

Follow along with our updates here:

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  1. I hate Speaker Mike Johnson’s face. Both of them.

  2. Speaker Johnson Claims ‘Big Beautiful’ Bill Won’t Cut Medicaid
    … … … …
    Bullshit. Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security will be damaged to feed billionaires bank accounts.
    To put a visual to it…

  3. Trump will give up on BBB…

    And this is Republican’s fault for not making the letter combination “Triple D’s” or “XXX”

  4. *“We are not cutting Medicaid,” Johnson said this week. “The president has said that and I have said that. We’ve all said that. We’re strengthening the *
    program.”

    And furthermore, gawd endorses my lies. So there.

  5. First off, anyone who thinks there is any chance that Ron Johnson will somehow save us from anything is at best wishful thinking and more accurately delusional. Rather, his holdout is more with his open hand palm up.

    But this gives me real concern.

    Leadership is offering a $15 billion stabilization fund for rural hospitals

    What would this even look like and how would other hospitals be excluded. That is in my view it really stinks, they are basically trying to have a special fund for Republicans which means it will be written for WHITE people.

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