The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon launched the final portion of the legislative process to make President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” law.
After the Senate narrowly passed the sweeping tax and spending cuts package Tuesday on a tie-breaking vote from Vice President J.D. Vance, House Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., immediately called the panel into session, a prerequisite to the legislation moving to the House floor.
Top Republicans and Democrats on four major House committees were called as witnesses, including Reps. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, and Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., of the House Budget Committee and Reps. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and Frank Pallone, D-N.J., of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Republicans defended their bill in front of the panel, arguing that it reduces taxes for working Americans and tackles waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. Democrats, however, blasted the legislation for its cuts to federal Medicaid funding and cited analysis from the Congressional Budget Office that says an estimated 11.8 million Americans would lose healthcare if the bill is signed into law.
Democrats on the Rules Committee are allowed to propose amendments before a vote is called by the chairwoman. When the panel considered an initial draft of the bill in May, Democrats introduced a flurry of amendments as a symbolic way to slow the process down.
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