After days of Republican drama, the House on Thursday passed President Donald Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending bill in a 218-214 vote. The final vote came after an overnight scramble by Speaker Mike Johnson to secure the necessary GOP votes to proceed, and then a record-breaking speech from House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries that lasted for eight hours and 44 minutes. No changes were made by the House to the Senate version of the bill, despite some grumbling from House Republican hardliners over the Senate changes to Medicaid and the deficit. Some of those holdouts say Trump made promises to get their votes, including saying he'd make the bill "better" in the future. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania were the sole GOP no votes on Trump's spending bill. All Democrats voted against the bill.
New York Representative Nick Langworthy released this statement after the bill's passage:
Today, Congress delivered a generational win for the American people. With the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, we are launching the next great American comeback -- and putting working families first once again.
This bold, sweeping legislation rewrites the tax code to deliver the largest middle-class tax cut in history. It eliminates taxes on tips and overtime pay, provides substantial relief for senior citizens, expands the Child Tax Credit to help families thrive, and lifts the arbitrary cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction that punished homeowners in places like New York.
It unleashes economic growth with 100% expensing for American-made manufacturing and makes the U.S. the best place in the world to build, hire, and invest.
It secures our border with full funding for the wall and immigration enforcement, restores law and order, and reinstates commonsense work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving public assistance -- an idea that once had broad bipartisan support under President Clinton.
The bill cuts nearly $2 trillion in reckless Washington spending, protects our safety net for those truly in need, and ensures government works for taxpayers -- not the other way around.
It also delivers major wins for Upstate New York and rural America, including two of my bills -- the Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act and the Dairy Farm Resiliency Act -- bringing long-overdue fairness and stability to our dairy producers.
This bill is the product of relentless work and a united Republican majority. While Democrats cling to fear tactics and failed ideas, we are delivering real, measurable results. On the very day this bill passed, we saw a booming jobs report and new trade deals announced. That's not a coincidence -- that's the America First agenda in action.
On the eve of Independence Day, this is more than legislation -- it's a powerful declaration: America is back. We are rebuilding our economy, securing our borders, restoring pride in work, and reaffirming that the American Dream is alive and well for the next generation.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued this statement:
Today's vote makes it official: all seven New York Republicans in Congress voted to rip health care away from 1.5 million New Yorkers and jeopardize SNAP benefits for nearly 3 million more. They had two chances to stand up to Donald Trump and fight for the people they serve. They failed both times, gambling with their constituents' lives to pay for billionaire tax breaks.
To the 48,000 New Yorkers set to lose their coverage in Rep. LaLota's district, the 48,000 in Rep. Garbarino's, the 52,000 in Rep. Malliotakis', the 31,000 in Rep. Lawler's, the 44,000 in Rep. Stefanik's, the 35,000 in Rep. Langworthy's, and the 31,000 in Rep. Tenney's: your members of Congress may have given up on you, but I never will.
As Governor, your family's health and well-being is my top priority. And I will keep fighting every single day to shield you from the cruelty and chaos coming out of Washington.
