WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are advancing President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to pass the package over unified Democratic opposition by Memorial Day.
House committees have labored on the legislation, which runs a whopping 1,116 pages and is titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a nod to Trump himself.
Still, GOP divisions run high. Fiscal conservatives worry the bill doesn’t cut Medicaid spending enough, while Republicans from competitive swing districts warn that they can’t support a bill that would jeopardize access to health coverage and food assistance for constituents.
I hate this entire fucking bill. Please, everyone, take a minute and call your representatives and senators’ local offices to voice opposition. (Not that it matters.)
TLDR:
- Tax Cuts for Individuals and Businesses (Including raising the estate tax exemptions to $15 million)
- Parents and older Americans face work requirements for food assistance (Fucking ghouls)
- And new work requirements for Medicaid (Again, ghouls)
- No taxes on gun silencers, no money for Planned Parenthood and more (All the better to hear the screams of schoolkids when your cops are hanging out in the hallway on their phones.)
- ‘MAGA’ kids $1,000 savings accounts
- Funding for Trump’s mass deportation operation
- More money for the Pentagon and Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’
- Tax on university endowments and overhaul of student loans
- More drilling, mining on public lands