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Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill': Everything You Need to Know.

  • Trump signed 'One Big Beautiful Bill' into law on July 4th
  • It includes various tax cuts for both individuals and businesses
  • Large reductions to Medicaid, SNAP, and ACA; millions may lose insurance
  • Massive funding boost for border enforcement, ICE, and defense
  • Rolls back clean energy incentives, boosts fossil fuels
  • Protests and political backlash began immediately after passage

From the Bill Text (H.R.1, 119th Congress)

  • Permanently extends individual tax rates from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
  • Raises cap on state and local tax (SALT) deduction to $40,000 for incomes under $500,000 (reverts after 5 years)
  • Creates temporary tax deductions for tips, overtime, auto loans; expires in 2028
  • Permanent $200 increase in child tax credit
  • Imposes 1% tax on remittances, increases tax on investment income from college endowments
  • Phases out clean energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act
  • Increases fossil fuel incentives; opens federal land/water for oil and gas drilling
  • Raises debt ceiling by $5 trillion
  • Cuts Medicaid and Medicare spending
  • Expands work requirements for SNAP; shifts some costs to states
  • $150 billion new defense spending; $150 billion for border enforcement
  • ICE funding increased from $10 billion to over $100 billion by 2029

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

  • Estimated the bill will increase the deficit by $2.8 trillion by 2034
  • 10.9 million Americans projected to lose health insurance coverage
  • Largest cuts to Medicaid in history
  • Disproportionate impact on low-income and rural Americans
  • Cuts to Medicaid and CHIP would reduce enrollment by 10.5 million by 2034

Tax cuts locked in for families and small businesses, promising record take-home pay and permanent relief.

THE WHITE HOUSE
The largest tax cut in history for middle- and working-class Americans.
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FOX BUSINESS
The higher limit on SALT gives homeowners in high-tax states like New York, New Jersey and California more breathing room ... It puts more money back in people's pockets.
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CBS MONEYWATCH
Millions of taxpayers could see a lower tax bill next year ... Average household savings of about $2,900 in 2026.
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Deep Medicaid/SNAP reductions bankroll high-income tax breaks; analysts warn of 11–17 million losing coverage and "largest upward wealth transfer in U.S. history."

THE ATLANTIC
might … carry out the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history.
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TEXAS STANDARD
The bill cuts over $1 trillion … from Medicaid over the next decade … CBO estimates 11 million will lose health insurance.
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DEMOCRACY NOW!
This is the most massive transfer of wealth upward in American history.
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THE GUARDIAN
Trump bill to cause most harm to America's poorest … over $3 tn in tax cuts that disproportionately help the wealthy.
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ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA / UNIV. OF ARIZONA
This is what some people have referred to as the 'Reverse Robin Hood' … tax benefit to the top 1 % will cost over $1 trillion.
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Analysts project massive reductions in clean-energy investments, raising consumer power costs.

MARKETWATCH
Law could reduce new power generation capacity by 340 GW ... raise household energy bills by up to $640 by 2035.
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HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Texas could lose out on 77 GW of new capacity ... cost the state 94,000 clean energy jobs by 2035.
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Immigration Enforcement Funding

A
ICE, WHITE HOUSE
Unprecedented funding for border enforcement is essential for national security...
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B
CBS NEWS, GOVERNOR WES MOORE
Critics warn the funding enables mass deportations and could lead to inhumane conditions...

Who Benefits Most from the Bill?

A
WHITE HOUSE
The largest percentage tax reduction goes to low-income and working-class Americans...
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B
The Guardian, The Atlantic
The tax cuts disproportionately benefit the wealthy, and that the middle class and poor see far smaller gains...

Impact on Medicaid and Health Coverage

A
WHITE HOUSE
There will be no cuts to Medicaid and the bill protects and strengthens Medicaid...
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B
H.R.1 BILL TEXT, KFF
Bill text and estimates show a 12% cut to Medicaid, with the Congressional Budget Office projecting over 10 million Americans will lose health insurance.

Economic Impact and Deficit

A
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WHITE HOUSE
The bill delivers historic levels of mandatory savings and reduces deficits by over $2 trillion...
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B
CBO VIA KFF
Multiple analyses, including the CBO, estimate the bill will increase the deficit by $2.8 to $3 trillion...
5/22/2025Congressional Record

House Initial Passage

House passes initial version 215-214

6/16/2025Senate Finance Committee

Senate Committee Action

Senate Finance Committee releases final text and summary

7/2/2025House Clerk

House Final Passage

House passes final bill 218-214

7/4/2025White House

Presidential Signature

Trump signs the bill into law on Independence Day

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