The Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) reached the finish line today, with the U.S. House repassing the bill 218-214. From The Hill newspaper,
House sends GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ to Trump’s desk in major win for Republicans.
John has been saying for some time, not only did the bill have to pass, but it that would eventually pass as Republicans came around to recognizing the national (and their own) interests at stake.
I would say that the result was never it doubt, but if you are a regular reader of The Hill, it was always in doubt, up until this morning. The past 72 hours of headlines include,
7/3: GOP holdouts stall Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ into the night, with outcome uncertain
7/2: House Republicans delay key vote amid opposition, absences
7/2: White House, House GOP moderate and conservative holdouts to meet on Trump megabill
7/2: Maxwell Frost: 20 House Republicans a ‘no’ on ‘big, beautiful bill’
7/2: Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘No way’ Speaker Johnson has votes to pass GOP megabill
7/2: GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” advances in House as potential GOP revolt looms
7/2: House GOP leaders scrambling to rally holdouts behind Trump megabill
7/1: House conservatives threaten floor revolt over Trump megabill
7/1: Harris rips GOP megabill after Senate passage: ‘There is still time to stop this’
7/1: Vance arrives at Capitol as GOP short votes to pass Trump megabill
7/1: Trump megabill: Senate pulls all-nighter searching for votes
6/30: Rep. Greg Steube says passing Trump megabill in the House will likely ‘be a challenge’
6/30: Trump megabill faces GOP holdouts amidst of marathon vote-a-rama
6/30: GOP holdouts noncommittal on how they’ll vote on Trump megabill
Pres. Trump is expected to sign the bill at a White House ceremony tomorrow (the 4th of July) at 5 pm EDT.
