The Republicans in the Congress finally succeeded in overcoming the objections of refractory elected officials in their camp to adopt definitively, Thursday, July 3, the vast budgetary bill of Donald Trump. After the Senate, which approved it narrowly on Tuesday, the House of Representatives spoke on this text of several thousand billions of dollars. « VICTOIRE »immediately reacted the White House in a message on X.
As announced, Donald Trump will promulgate his “Great and beautiful law”, As he baptized, budgetary Friday, the day of the national holiday in the United States, confirmed the White House shortly after the final adoption of the text by the Congress.
The displayed opposition of several conservative elected officials – who denounced the digging of public debt – forced Republican officials to slow down the process, leaving a procedural vote during the night.
Initially scheduled for Wednesday, the final vote did not take place until Thursday in early afternoon in Washington. It was held after a speech of almost nine hours – a record in the House of Representatives – from the leader of elected Democrats, Hakeem Jeffries, who tried to postpone the vote as much as possible. The displayed opposition of several conservative elected officials – who denounced the digging of the public debt expected with this legislation – had previously forced republican officials to delay it.
With a majority of only eight seats, the presidential party could not afford more than three defections in its own camp. Only two Republicans finally voted “against”, the culmination of behind the scenes negotiations carried out by the president of the House of Representatives, the Republican Mike Johnson, with the help of the White House tenant.
“Maga is not happy”
Because before that, Donald Trump had started to raise the tone. “What are the Republicans waiting for ??? What are you trying to prove ??? »»he launched on his platform, Truth Social, shortly after midnight. « MAGA [son mouvement « Make America Great Again »] is not happy, and it costs you voices ”added the President of the United States.
According to the daily The HillDonald Trump spoke on the phone overnight to convince the Republicans who voted “no” to change their vote. This “Large and beautiful law”as he baptized, represents the keystone of his economic program. For several weeks, he has been pressing the Congress to adopt it before Friday, the day of the national holiday which he set as a symbolic deadline for the promulgation. The text provides in particular: the extension of colossal tax credits adopted during the republican first mandate; the elimination of taxation on tips, a flagship promise of its campaign; Additional billions of dollars for defense and the fight against immigration.
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According to independent analyzes, the main beneficiaries of the “Big Beautiful Bill” will however be the wealthiest households, while millions of Americans with modest income could lose their access to public health insurance or food assistance programs. Experts and politicians also highlight the expected explosion of the public deficit. The Congress’s Budget Office, responsible for not supporting the consequences of public finance bills, estimated Tuesday that the text would increase debt by more than $ 3,400 billion by 2034.
To partially compensate for the widening of the deficit, the Republicans plan to slash in Medicaid, a public health insurance program on which millions of Americans depend on low incomes. A drastic reduction in the SNAP program, the main food aid in the country, is also planned, as well as the abolition of numerous tax incentives for the renewable energies adopted under Joe Biden.
Unsurprisingly, the Democrats opposed the text as a whole. Their leader in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, called him as “Repagnant monstrosity” Who “Will make ordinary Americans suffer” for the benefit of the richest.
