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If you've tuned into CSPAN anytime in the last 2 hours and found yourself slapping the side of the TV, wondering why the screen isn't changing, here's what's happening...

Keep up the PRESSURE! House Republicans do not have the votes to pass their tax scam and everything is stopped while they "negotiate.” @housedemocrats.bsky.social are voting NO.

Despite all his bluster about fighting gangs, Trump’s corrupt bargain with Salvadoran Pres. Bukele is doing the opposite — covering up evidence of Bukele’s own dealings with MS-13 and undermining US efforts to fight the gang. Trump makes a big show but the real killers get off.

I’m at the Capitol, it’s past midnight, and as of right now, Republicans do not have the votes to pass their Big Bad Betrayal Bill and kick 17 million Americans off their health care. Democrats are united in our opposition. Let’s keep up the pressure and kill this bill.

There it is — nearly every single House Republican caved and voted to advance Donald Trump's cult agenda. They are getting ready to kick 17 million Americans off their health care so the rich can get a tax break. Horrifying.

Here’s an update of where we’re at ⬇️ House Republicans don’t have the votes. Don’t let up the pressure. Stay loud and keep engaging.

OK, time for another update. 12:20 AM right now. They did finally pass the Foxx amendment, then called a 5 minute vote on the rule. It is still open, but at least as of now looks like it is going to fail.

Reminder: Republicans blocked my amendment to strip out their provision to defund Planned Parenthood. Their policy to DEFUND Planned Parenthood IS included in the Big Ugly bill. So, what now? We MUST kill this bill in the House. Fight like hell. Speak up. Make yourself heard.

It’s late Wednesday night and the Speaker just called the vote to get this big, ugly, abomination of a bill voted on the Floor…once again in the dark of night. Here’s the latest:

lf Trump truly doesn’t understand that this bill cuts Medicaid, we need to be asking who’s really pulling the strings here.

One part of Republicans' Big Ugly Bill that hasn't gotten enough attention? It DEFUNDS Planned Parenthood—a big step toward the GOP's plan for a Backdoor Nationwide Abortion Ban where women won't be able to get care anywhere. NOW is the time to speak up against this heinous bill.

It's 1am and Republicans are struggling to pass their Big, Ugly Bill that would harm millions of families. Their cruelty, chaos, and dysfunction are keeping the American people in limbo. Democrats are ready to reject this shameful bill and we must keep the pressure up.

Show me a man who can have his economic concerns assuaged by Trump, and I'll show you a man who can have his beverage concerns assuaged by Jim Jones.

Cutting Medicaid and food and nutrition programs while pushing his latest corrupt grift: a $249 perfume. Tells you everything you need to know about Trump's priorities: Donald Trump first, everyone else (except his sweet-smelling billionaire buddies) last.

Republicans' Big Ugly Bill is about one thing: taking away programs that give American families a HAND UP in hard times, to pay for a HAND OUT for the richest people on the planet. It's immoral and wrong. House Members must vote NO.

We just need FOUR Republicans of conscience to reject this Big, Ugly Bill and prevent millions of families from losing healthcare, food assistance, and more. This bill is not inevitable. Call 202-224-3121 and urge your representative to vote NO.

How dare Republicans betray the American people — then drape themselves in our flag for Independence Day.

While “Fiscal Conservatives” are issuing strongly worded letters to House Leadership (for real, that actually happened) — Republicans have stalled out on the Floor without enough votes to move to the #BigUglyBill. Here’s your mid-afternoon update. ⬇️

I joined over 100 @housedemocrats on the House floor to demand an amendment to the Big Ugly Tax Scam to protect Medicaid and SNAP. Republicans shamelessly rejected it. I'll keep using every available tool out there to put a stop to this cruel bill.

Why are Republicans going through all this trouble right now? Tax breaks for billionaires. Every House Democrat will be voting no.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court just ruled to protect reproductive freedom. Every single election matters.

Democrats are doing everything we can to stop and delay the Big Ugly Bill. We’re calling on Republicans to stop cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

Trump continues his lawless, outrageous attack on our schools and education. This is another illegal withholding of funds and it cannot stand.

NEW: I just took to the House floor to push for an amendment that would protect against any cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Republicans refused to allow it. Why? Because they want to cut Medicaid and SNAP.

The American people won’t forget how Republicans voted to eliminate their health care and jack up their energy bills — all to give tax breaks to the wealthiest people in the country.    Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is the ultimate betrayal. But the fight’s not over yet.

🚨It’s easy for Trump to lie about how this bill “doesn’t touch Medicaid” because he doesn’t actually know what’s in his legislation www.notus.org/congress/rec...

Nearly everything fake moderate Mike Lawler says below is a lie so I won’t go line by line. Here are the facts: he will vote to blow a $4T hole in the deficit, kick 1M New Yorkers off insurance—including 32K of his voters—all while getting rolled on SALT. We won't forget in '26.

Trump and Republicans' “no tax on tips and overtime” policy has high barriers to entry — and only lasts for two years. But their tax cut for billionaires? They made that one permanent.

To the Republicans voting for Trump's Big Ugly bill, pretending that adding trillions to the debt to cut taxes for billionaires is free... Don't forget to explain how, at the same time, you're saying we can't afford to keep hospitals open or make sure kids have health care.

Do you have Medicaid? Medicare? Employer-sponsored coverage? Under Trump's Big Ugly bill, it hardly matters what insurance you’re on when you don’t have a hospital to get care anymore! And when 17 million Americans lose health care, premiums skyrocket for EVERYONE.

Things are stalled out here on the House Floor as Trump tries to arm twist and get Freedom Caucus members onboard with massive deficit spending… So, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon and I took the opportunity to break down what big ugly bill means for the hard working people of our communities.

Surprise! Freedom Caucus members are threatening to vote NO on the GOP rule to move the bill (but NOT in the morning? 🤔) This is political theater. The deals are cut & they have long abandoned being true fiscal conservatives. They’ll put up a faux fight tonight, but not for our country tomorrow.

17 million isn't just a number— it's parents, children, veterans, people with disabilities, and seniors. It's also more than everyone in New England combined Republicans are ripping healthcare away from them. Real lives. Real families.

Joined fellow @capac.house.gov members to talk about how the Big Ugly Bill is going to harm countless Americans, including the AANHPI community. It’s going to: – Cut $1 trillion from Medicaid – Kick 17 million Americans off their health care – Blow a $4.5 trillion hole in the deficit

ICYMI: Trump’s budget (aka the Big Ugly Bill) passed the Senate yesterday, but now it’s back to the House. House Democrats are holding the line and voting NO – but we need 4 Republicans to join us to tank this bill. Stay tuned – we’re doing everything we can to stop this.

Secretary Rubio says USAID didn’t serve US interests. It not only stopped diseases before they spread, but kept fragile countries from collapsing and provided reasons to trust the US instead of China. That’s not charity, that’s strategy. He just doesn’t get it.

BREAKING: We won! In a lawsuit we brought more than three years ago now, the Wisconsin Supreme Court just ruled to protect reproductive freedom in our state and preserve Wisconsinites' access to abortion care. My statement below ⬇️

🚨🚨🚨 Rep. Raskin articulates the GOP's unspoken preamble to Trump’s Big Ugly Bill: “We, the billionaires, and our King, in order to deform and sicken our union…

This Big Ugly Bill multiplies ICE's budget by over 20 times, giving ICE about as much money as the Marine Corps to supercharge their rogue, authoritarian MAGA police state tactics at an unprecedented scale.   It's heinous and I will be voting against it.

Republicans know their bill is bad and will harm millions of Americans by kicking them off their health care, and gutting their food assistance. We just need 4 of my Republicans colleagues to care enough about the American people to kill this horrific bill.

As House Republicans try to jam through Trump’s One Big, Ugly Bill, @repdean.bsky.social has a simple question on today’s Democratic Daily Download: Why would anyone vote for this terrible bill?

All to pay for tax breaks for the rich.

On this day in 1964, the US outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or national origin. The Civil Rights Act was a culmination of decades of activism & struggle for racial equality. 61 years later, we still fight to deliver on  the work of those who paved the way.

I rose on the House floor to try to prevent Republicans from destroying Medicaid and SNAP in Trump's Big, Ugly Bill. They won't even consider it. The cruelty is the point.

For a sitting President to causally threaten to arrest and deport a US citizen who won a major-party nomination is disgraceful. Free societies do not arrest, deport, and otherwise weaponize government against their political opponents.

To vote for this bill is to vote to starve and kill Americans, and to saddle those who survive with a mountain of debt and a hotter globe. That is a policy choice. And everyone who votes yes owns that choice.

Every single Democrat will vote NO on the Big Ugly Bill. We just need four Republicans to agree that not kicking people off health insurance is more important than a tax break for billionaires.

From the devastating cuts to rural hospitals, to the terrible backroom deals for special interest tax breaks — the Republican budget bill represents everything that is wrong with Washington D.C.

Republicans are LYING about their Big Bad Betrayal Bill. They are lying about Medicaid cuts. They are lying about slashing food assistance. They are lying about giving tax breaks to billionaires. It’s all lies — because they know that this is not what the American people want.

Only four Republican NO-votes would tank the spending bill. For the sake of 17 million Americans in jeopardy of losing their healthcare, I hope they find the courage.

This abomination of a bill gives $150 BILLION for immigration enforcement. And they’re paying for it by cutting MEDICAID and SNAP. They want to take food off your table and healthcare from your family to fund a police state. Unconscionable.

Trump promised oil execs he would take care of them if they gave his campaign $1b. They gave $500m. Now Trump is thanking them by gutting clean energy subsidies that have created 100,000s of jobs and over $400b in investments—mostly in red districts. This is billionaires first, America last.

House Democrats stand united against Trump’s budget bill.

Medicaid covers 60% of births in Mike Johnson’s home state of Louisiana. It pays for nursing home care for 5 out of 8 seniors. Yet Republicans are dramatically cutting the program — all so billionaires can get a tax break.

Republicans claim to be the party of God, but I can't find a psalm that says "Thou shalt make people poorer, hungrier, and sicker.” And that's exactly what their Big, Ugly Bill would do. We'll continue to resist, obstruct, and use every tool to stop it in its tracks.

Rep. @jasmineforus.bsky.social on Republicans: “The reality is that you have sold your constituents out”

China has emerged as the world’s solar superpower. In 2023 and 2024, it generated nearly as much solar power as all 38 OECD countries—including the United States and European Union—combined. The “Big Beautiful Bill,” which sabotages solar energy in the US, is a geopolitical gift to China.

In Washington State alone, over 328,000 people are projected to lose health care coverage, including access to Apple Health, if the Big Ugly Bill becomes law. I am a strong NO on this legislation, and I urge my Republican colleagues to vote the same.

SNAP helps 42 million Americans at or below the poverty line afford groceries every month, but under Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill this food assistance risks being taken away or reduced. Children would go hungry to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. It’s dangerous and immoral.

Once again we are here in the dead of night, to debate and vote on Republicans’ bill that takes food and health care from those who need them to shower tax cuts on billionaires. Given a short time to talk, I used it to cast our moral choice in terms my Republican colleagues in the room would hear.

This is a terrible bill. Kill the bill. Not Americans.

Great news! The Wisconsin Supreme Court finally struck down an 1849 law that stripped women's rights through a near-total abortion ban. This move protects women's access to medical care and their right to control what happens to their own bodies.

Behind closed doors

I took to the House floor to demand we protect Medicaid and SNAP against any cuts. This budget bill is immoral and I’m doing everything we can to stop these cuts.

A quick midnight update from the U.S. Capitol. Right now, House Republicans don’t have the votes. 🤔 Why? Because this bill sucks and they know it. A few of them told me why they’re holding out. Listen in.

WA ranks #1 in the share of Medicaid recipients who will lose coverage if Trump’s Big Bad Betrayal passes. Health care will be stolen from 600k people in our state alone. As Republicans try to jam this disastrous legislation through, I am a HELL NO. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I asked my Republican colleagues to live up to the words of Jesus: “I was hungry and you fed me. I was sick and you healed me.” They rejected it. Instead, the GOP is advancing a bill that strips food and health care from the poor and gives the money to the wealthy. It's a moral disgrace.

America just lost private sector jobs for the first time in two years — all thanks to Trump. Trump and Republicans are killing our economy. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/a...

Trump’s Bill for Billionaires will strip health insurance from 17m people and cut SNAP benefits for 7m people, including 2 million children. It'll give massive tax breaks to billionaires and corporations, and increase the deficit by $4 trillion. Billionaires over babies. Let’s break it down.

Surprise! Surprise! Freedom Caucus members are threatening to vote NO tonight on the rule to move the bill (but NOT in the morning? 🤔) This is political theater. The deals are cut & they have long abandoned being true fiscal conservatives. They’ll put up a fight tonight, but not for our country.

They don’t give a damn about your grandma and grandpa.

I am getting hundreds of messages from folks who are worried about what will happen to them and their loved ones if this big bad betrayal passes. I am a HELL NO for all the people who stand to lose their health care, food assistance, and jobs thanks to this billionaire giveaway.

WATCH: Sen. Ossoff calls for Georgia GOP House members to put their constituents over partisan loyalty and loyalty to Donald Trump and vote NO.

The sun isn’t up but I’m at the airport in Chicago heading to DC so I can vote HELL NO against the Big Ugly Bill! No way will I allow Trump and the GOP to rip healthcare and food away from millions of Americans just so he, Musk, and their billionaire buddies can get a tax break.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law 61 years ago today. That was and continues to be the right step for our country. We shall never forget the fight. PERIOD.

We only need FOUR Republicans to find the courage to stand up for their OWN constituents. 17 million people will be kicked off health care and millions more will be affected by longer wait times, higher costs, hospital closures, and nursing home closures. This should be an obvious NO.

Americans are struggling to meet their basic needs. The GOP's answer? Further rigging the system against them.

Trump and Republicans’ Big Bad Betrayal Bill helps ICE continue its illegal kidnappings and disappearances and violations of due process. It’s cruel and disgusting, and I’m a HELL NO.

House Democrats are united and standing together against the Big Ugly Bill.

The House is totally frozen right now. Even Republicans know that adding $4 trillion to the national debt while kicking 17 million people off health insurance just to give tax breaks to rich people is A BAD IDEA.

Looks like Leadership called their bluff—the vote is called now at 9:30 pm on the rule. Votes on this big ugly abomination of a bill will happen late into the night.

House Democrats are back in Washington and ready to stand united against the Big Ugly Bill. We need just 4 Republicans to join us and stop it from becoming law. Whose side are you on — kids, families, vets, and seniors, or billionaires?

Senate Republicans and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Bill. The fight isn’t over. There is still a chance to stop this legislation in the House, so keep up the pressure.

Clean energy credits have driven $422B in investment and created good-paying jobs. Trump’s bill will decimate these projects and kill 800k clean energy jobs. After Trump promised oil execs he’d help them if they donated $1B, he is choosing them over the voters. Let's take a closer look:

Always good analysis from Jesse. Short version: clean energy is cheap energy. Which means that opposing clean energy makes our planet hotter and your wallet lighter. And that's exactly what the Big Ugly Bill does.

⚡HAPPENING NOW⚡ I’ve joined nearly every single House Democrat this morning on the steps of the Capitol. We are standing together in strong opposition to this big ugly bill. Tune in 👇

Rep. Jim McGovern: Trump’s budget bill “is a middle finger to millions of Americans"

How would Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill harm Massachusetts families? —Over 320,000 would lose health insurance — At least 103,000 could lose food assistance — 63,334 students could lose their Pell grants — 11,000 manufacturing & energy jobs would be cut

This Big Bad Betrayal Bill is an attack on poor Americans, hungry veterans, and rural hospitals. It will make your life worse, just so billionaires can get a tax break. Hell no. Kill the bill.

BIG HOUSING NEWS: Our bill allowing more housing near high quality public transit stations (SB 79) just passed the Assembly Housing Committee! SB 79 will make transit-oriented development the norm in California — building the homes we need, increasing transit ridership & helping our climate goals.🧵

Donald Trump's Big, Ugly Bill is going to rip away health care from over 170,000 Minnesotans. Shameful. I'm doing everything in my power to fight back.

So much of power is about perception. If this bill goes down, perhaps we’ll see the first crack in the facade for the regime. When cracks start, regimes can quickly unravel. Perhaps trying to throw tens of millions off health care & out of nursing homes was just a bridge too far.

This is Trump's economy. Jobs are vanishing—just like the promises he made to working people. And let's be clear, the tax giveaways for billionaires and corporations that Republicans are trying to jam through the house today won't make it any better. www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/a...

Just got back in Washington to stand in the breach against Trump’s awful budget bill. In all my time in Congress, it’s the worst bill I’ve ever seen. Here’s why👇

Last night, I rushed back to DC and went straight to the Rules Committee to testify on my two amendments, trying to block some of the worst impacts of this Big Ugly Bill. Let me walk you through why it’s so bad and how I've been fighting to defeat it.

The Republicans are rushing this bill because it’s toxic. Kicking 17 million people off of their health care, gutting food assistance, setting up hospitals and nursing homes for failure – NO ONE ASKED FOR THIS. We need EVERYONE across the country to hear about this. 📢🔃

While gutting SNAP food aid for children & families, Republicans are providing a $2 BILLION tax break for gun silencers. I denounced this handout to the gun lobby in @waysmeanscmte.bsky.social and will keep fighting it on the floor. The GOP’s budget priorities are sorely misguided!

UPDATE from Washington: Republicans don’t have the votes to pass this bill, so we’re in limbo while holdouts make backroom deals. But @housedemocrats.bsky.social are standing our ground and are ready to debate and defend Medicaid and SNAP. We must #KilltheBill

Republicans in Congress are not fighting for their constituents — they’re letting 17 million Americans get kicked off of their health care. Why? Just to cave to Donald Trump’s cult agenda of tax breaks for billionaires.