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President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax package, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” appears to be on track for House passage Thursday morning after GOP leaders pushed through late-night changes to secure wavering Republicans.
The bill cleared a critical hurdle just before 3 a.m., when the House adopted the rule for floor debate in a 217-212 vote. The vote fell almost entirely along party lines, with only one Republican defection, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY.
The vote followed an overnight Rules Committee session, which began Wednesday at 1 a.m. and ended shortly before 11 p.m., and capped off days of negotiations between House leadership, White House officials, and Republican holdouts. A manager’s amendment — approved in a Wednesday party-line committee vote — helped secure Republican support by advancing Medicaid work requirements to 2026 and raising the state and local tax deduction cap to $40,000.
“The meeting was productive and moved the ball in the right direction,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in a Wednesday statement. “The President reiterated how critical it is for the country to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill as quickly as possible.”
Originally approved by the House Budget Committee Sunday after a brief delay over debt concerns, the bill proposes sweeping reforms across the federal government. It delivers major tax cuts for working-class families, small businesses, and domestic manufacturers, while dismantling core Biden-era programs.
Some key provisions include the repeal of over $500 billion in “Green New Deal” energy spending, a ban on taxpayer-funded “gender transition procedures” through Medicaid, the elimination of federal funding for Planned Parenthood, and the expansion of school choice.
White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Steve Miran projected the bill could boost GDP by 5%, generate up to seven million jobs, and raise household take-home pay by up to $13,000.
Overnight, GOP leaders worked to flip remaining holdouts. One of the most prominent was Rep. Ralph Norman, R-SC, who initially opposed the measure but told Politico early Thursday that supporting the bill was “the right thing to do.”
Other fiscal conservatives, however, remained noncommittal. House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-MD, said he was “not a ‘yes’ yet,” and Rep. Chip Roy, R-TX, told reporters around 3 a.m. that the latest revisions were “better” but “could still be better.”
Still, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-LA, signaled confidence that a final vote would take place Thursday morning.
“I think that all of our colleagues here will really like this final product, and I think we move forward,” Johnson said.
If passed, the bill would head to the Senate, where Majority Leader John Thune, R-SD, reportedly aims to finish negotiations before July 4.
CatholicVote Vice President Joshua Mercer applauded the bill Tuesday, stating, “President Trump’s budget blueprint has a lot of great things in it, not the least of which is stripping federal funding from Planned Parenthood. That alone is reason enough to support this bill. Factor in the tax breaks for families, pro-worker policies, educational choice, and more, and the ‘big-beautiful bill’ adds up to a major win for Americans.”
