Don’t kill the ‘one big, beautiful bill,’ but do downsize the deficit growth

Big Beautiful Bill Gets Broad Endorsement—With Some Fiscal Reservations: Epoch Readers’ Poll

As lawmakers debate the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the Senate, a new Epoch Times poll of 12,973 readers shows strong backing for many of the bill’s core provisions—including permanent tax cuts and banning Medicaid funding for gender-transition procedures—but more cautious views on its long-term fiscal impact. The sweeping, 1,000-plus-page bill combines permanent tax relief with major spending reductions and entitlement reforms. It would make …

Don’t kill the ‘one big, beautiful bill,’ but do downsize the deficit growth

Defying the laws of political gravity, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) wrangled a razor-thin Republican majority to pass the president’s “one big, beautiful bill” by a single-vote margin. The 215-214 score included most House Republicans, ranging from the SALT RINOs,…

Missouri congressman praises work on the “one big beautiful bill” – Newstalk KZRG

West-central Missouri Congressman Mark Alford told Newstalk KZRG that he is proud of the work that the House of Representatives made on President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”. Read more or hear directly from Alford below: “Our goal was to get this reconciliation package over the finish line out of the House by Memorial Day. We did that. I was up 36 hours,” said Alford. “We came up with about $1.6 trillion worth of cuts, some of that out of …

Op-Ed: Sarah Chamberlain: Dispelling the left’s myth about Medicaid in the "One Big Beautiful Bill"

It’s reconciliation season, which means we’re once again being inundated with exaggerated claims and political scare tactics from the left. One of the most persistent and misleading narratives from Democrats is that President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will “gut” Medicaid and strip millions of Americans of their healthcare. That is simply false.The truth is that our bill reforms Medicaid to make it stronger and more sustainable. After four…

Inside the late-night drama that led to Trump’s tax bill passing by 1 vote

It was nearly 10 p.m. on a Sunday night when House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., surprised reporters in the hallway of the Cannon House Office Building. The top House Republican was making a low-key — but high-stakes — visit to the House Budget Committee before the panel’s second meeting on President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill.” The first meeting on May 16 had blown up without resolution when four fiscal hawks balked at the legislation a…