Trump indicators ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ into legislation on Independence Day after slender passage: ‘Our country is going to be a rocket ship’ | EUROtoday

President Donald Trump has signed his “Big, Beautiful Bill” into legislation.

The invoice handed 218-214 within the House of Representatives on Thursday, with each Democrat and two Republicans voting towards it. The Senate handed it 51-50 earlier this week following a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance.

The invoice signing was blurred with an Independence Day celebration — the Military Family Picnic — on the White House’s South Lawn. The 887-page invoice gives sweeping tax cuts whereas curbing entry to Medicaid and meals entry applications for tens of millions of Americans. The laws additionally gives billions extra for protection and immigration enforcement.

Trump signed the invoice surrounded by allies. House Speaker Mike Johnson gifted him the gavel he used to announce the invoice’s passage within the House.

With First Lady Melania Trump by his facet, the president spoke to the group on the picnic, claiming the invoice he was about to signal would put the nation on “a rocket ship economically.”

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“We’re going to make official the greatest victory yet, when I sign the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill,’” Trump mentioned.

“What we’ve done is put everything into one bill. It’s never happened before. It’s the biggest bill of its type in history,” he added.

Trump additionally claimed the invoice implements “no tax on Social Security for our great seniors.” The invoice doesn’t get rid of taxes on Social Security. Instead, it introduces a short lived tax deduction that beneficiaries can declare to decrease the quantity of federal revenue tax they pay, in keeping with CBS MoneyWatch. This non permanent tax deduction applies to all revenue, not simply Social Security.

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The invoice confronted opposition from either side of the aisle earlier than it was narrowly handed. Despite preliminary holdouts by a number of GOP members, Representatives Thomas Massie and Brian Fitzpatrick have been the one two Republicans who voted towards it. Massie cited issues about rising the nationwide debt, whereas Fitzpatrick mentioned he was not in favor of cuts to Medicaid.

Democrats additionally railed towards the invoice, citing the cuts to help applications that assist low-income households. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the chamber’s document for the longest ground speech as he sought to delay the invoice’s passage.

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Trump appeared to hit out at Jeffries’ practically nine-hour speech.

“You saw that guy standing up for hours yesterday, didn’t know what he was even doing there,” Trump remarked. “I say ‘What, is he sitting down?’ He had a towel, he was wiping his face. That’s not too elegant — I said, ‘What is he doing for so long?’ And he couldn’t criticize the bill. He was criticizing everyone else and everything else.”

Trump additionally accused Democratic lawmakers of both hating him or the U.S.

“The Democrats, they should have voted for it. They didn’t vote for tax cuts, they didn’t vote for taking care of people, they didn’t vote, not one vote,” he mentioned. “And we knew that, because the hatred of either the country, or me, or both, is so great they didn’t vote at all, and it’s terrible.”

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Trump thanked a number of allies as he spoke on the White House on Friday, together with Vance, Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. He went on to inform the group about assembly Scalise’s spouse whereas the lawmaker had a medical scare.

“I’ve seen a lot of wives, they don’t seem to be so concerned in those situations,” Trump mentioned. “That’s the kind of wife you don’t want. But you have a great, beautiful wife who was really there.”

Trump additionally thanked his spouse as his remarks got here to an finish.

“First Lady, I want to thank you,” he mentioned. “You have been unbelievable.”