House Passes Trump Budget Bill Amid Narrow Vote, Johnson Celebrates

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed President Trump's sweeping tax and budget bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), with a 218-214 vote largely along party lines. House Speaker Mike Johnson praised the legislation as an example of effective unified government and touted its potential to boost wages, household income, job participation, and lower unemployment, while emphasizing the Republican commitment to President Trump's America First agenda. The bill includes $1.2 trillion in cutbacks to Medicaid and food stamps through new work requirements and rolls back green energy tax credits, measures opposed by Democrats who staged a record-breaking eight-hour speech to delay the vote. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects the bill will increase the deficit by $3.3 trillion over ten years and result in nearly 12 million more uninsured Americans. Republican leaders, including Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, framed the legislation as generational, aiming to permanently lower taxes, secure the border, enhance energy dominance, reduce spending, and improve government efficiency. President Trump is set to sign the bill into law in a White House ceremony shortly after its passage, marking a major legislative victory for his administration.