House Approves GOP Budget Bill, Sends ‘One Big Beautiful’ Package to Trump

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on 3 July passed the Senate’s amendment to H.R. 1, sending the sweeping budget-reconciliation package—dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” by its authors—to President Donald Trump’s desk. The vote completes congressional action on the first major fiscal measure of the current session.

Supporters say the legislation will extend small-business tax breaks, shield tips and overtime wages from federal taxation, inject new funding into border enforcement and unleash additional domestic energy production. It also requires able-bodied Medicaid-expansion beneficiaries to meet an average of 18.5 hours a week of work, education or community service to retain coverage.

Democrats, who have labeled the measure the “Big Ugly Bill,” warn it will raise consumer energy costs and strip health-care and nutrition assistance from vulnerable households. Representative Jared Huffman cited internal district estimates that premiums for 41,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees could rise by about $3,070 a year, while 231,738 Medicaid recipients and 28,369 households receiving SNAP benefits face potential losses. He also projected the loss of roughly 5,130 clean-energy and manufacturing jobs.

President Trump is expected to sign the bill, capping months of partisan wrangling over the shape of federal spending, tax policy and social-safety-net programs.