{"id":9614,"date":"2025-05-16T14:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9614"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:21:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:21:20","slug":"trumps-big-beautiful-bill-rejected-by-gop-led-house-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/capitol-hill\/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-rejected-by-gop-led-house-committee\/phouck\/2025\/05\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s \u2018Big Beautiful Bill\u2019 Rejected By GOP-Led House Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiscal fractures within the GOP torpedo Trump-backed budget\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump\u2019s 2025 budget proposal \u2014 branded the \u201cBig Beautiful Bill\u201d \u2014 was dealt a devastating blow on Friday when the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/tag\/house-budget-committee\/\">House Budget Committee<\/a>&nbsp;voted it down in a 16\u201321 decision. All Democrats opposed it, but the decisive factor was a group of Republicans who broke ranks, citing concerns about federal debt and spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Proposal: Sweeping Trump Agenda, Big Price Tag<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill laid out a sweeping fiscal roadmap aligned with Trump\u2019s priorities for a transformative second term: deep tax cuts, uncompromising immigration enforcement, increased defense spending, and accelerated domestic energy production. But its projected $2.5 trillion increase to the federal deficit over the next decade drew fire \u2014 even from within the GOP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just days before the vote, a nonpartisan budget analysis warned that the proposal would exacerbate the national debt, which already exceeds $36 trillion. As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-suffers-massive-defeat-key-hurdle-before-house-wide-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News reports<\/a>, that forecast gave fiscal conservatives new ammunition to push back ahead of today\u2019s committee meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>The committee met on Friday to mark up and debate the bill, a massive piece of legislation that\u2019s a product of 11 different House committees\u2019 individual efforts to craft policy under their jurisdictions. The result is a wide-ranging bill that advances Trump\u2019s priorities on the border, immigration, taxes, energy, defense and raising the debt limit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Emotions ran high in the hallway outside the House Budget Committee\u2019s meeting room from the outset, however, giving the media little indication of how events would transpire.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House Budget Committee fails to advance GOP Tax &amp; Spending Bill, 16-21. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uv7DRrQpog\">pic.twitter.com\/uv7DRrQpog<\/a><\/p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1923410499485471056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who had been at home with his wife and newborn baby, surprised reporters when he arrived at the Cannon House Office Building after he was initially expected to miss the committee meeting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>His appearance gave House GOP leaders some added wiggle room, allowing the committee to lose two Republican votes and still pass the bill, rather than just one.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/eb2.3lift.com\/pass?tl_clickthrough=true&amp;redir=https%3A%2F%2Frtb-us-east.linkedin.com%2Flax%2Fclk%3Ftrk%3DCwEAAAGW2fuDrmbTL-rEPV5CXcpmvCTo3U3pu3OZHEXpz8dCTHuAgc2aOzc2L8QH8bnRmzyDCDyCuiwF04fMJO5HOs81zZbOGK0ukr5ZM81nPKS-DPV7OnoDqsP63VRU4xQdwqdWwU5fpwpVkMQ6PQPiHdImII1NBpvLEU9qDmVFyP4fjBT4VGQTKp8xxDvyJ3_-AoOlroM2kxLzkBeF2Mex4EVvbXEyAAOvOPFGNAkN_tWTa9_6P3BNV1w4QaxSuebykmgx2l3V6gF1wp3-PrYuzhWLA46alFk4goLQygpbRVGY598h0Xj2OCdW8TDrGZ1Emd89C-dMRcicetE1kJ6rtNH9xg-3Kx_FTiGElppHJu3Gvkf-ag3HiDg1waYa3bvPy24z_KjQHKLTyyqsP8tlpms1hVPPb18Gu456gzvcrx6hhuhkfirOyqZancMwVJyF1PQSDmunEUJhzEDw9891GOTbZOumWZTlhy3yVcVQzefh6Q5Ffab3MuSArsJjJxhG6X0c6np9QwrVcrW_gIF_TDlC0FbjEKL_wHk1-V5TmKKF4RDhKjZG-MR2CJBFMCbx3sm5P7mZ5sI2gvgGOuZp8lCexQAJ4geN486q59UT-EM-BtuE_8o5axUUv2D6iCgBVD_K-IkX24_jImT6ww6XTEGNvTL9RR4V0aQdDtiNsMIdLFIHqSjokbmF0CLzB5yO-lBjZYAL9r_kpAPjheDp1Ba0FKoy5tpBOgV6FVf7eUsTYaBahvSd-BDCOKhwevUb5YPgTbzx7ms_x3mBGei05BCgGYxbmpNvYlufRFFmgjMCVuLpltMg96PLLbJHdY_rHIvkfjhQQodTWy5DJnOCaVXSYJ-C-mHw-RSMpBtYIiLz1dvVRh5fq-EC8_G2fgDgPpYZ_noqUSwkRj0UD9DdbZWg8l7xsSwoubtANtNBEqTyFtCgqvO-f0bEWCKEelpLFUGbshNfYbhlIGa0Y7bsu2klp8kn1yRM7mbMR9h8rf8dk4qaTWQjVHPMeXqJq8pDAQM33chdX-lhOde89NLXMhl1G1FoJTDQEK6I0VxdN-j3xxxB745HrZHH9A73Hx6KtRADVDNMPeG3ONEIwWwelpSirBlBd39jBTzalkVYHLyuzhd5NjGIH_mZRGXsCIjZJza7FwAvk30ZOqudPL47E389qN_W2cuf3rL_YwEw2ztoNHxAsmHQGEHZXzVvU_aYHqxoFtiDBeEMdDix127eHmuoyWt74iwK-B7SA_mWsprGTdPlycy33X_6ILBJKirDVdVloFrMAsPbdtZ_FpoiIYv78qDJt1VA4V5B-zsZjlaqHqVqee6YwETEUQsAYnINTRtHGvi-40jyLl7uOz_soGHdckXUfpxIwr5hvZkzYFIjFcc4Kj6jqFnfErc-yC1V_4ZFqfufn85lHfpBRsEFXBvY4cdR5CjuuabBJAyjqhaBbhiDCUdBc7uuZSi9W1euzi3Go5xZVC1dUxG5XAlDFo_d9sIA57hX3LxKralGstrrw8SBkV4zsg4W6TKOuoRRoGAMlXC26-Qb_xIXpYy7BK0Keae5zf3ClqgeT_D5VVCzkEtEPBIZtvwNfk2c9Q6V8ljyhHtMaiVpp_MH8L3PcTzmEuQL_UYewBGMVbhEgiGX2-leKowzgE_9DJTlrIrNC5l_WdHIBch7SoESUBjqsR_9YDalCAFCNJlIOaXzvwJ91jSL1-dIO8qI1CMsH8I4nMf-I4r4gk6uCh2dVbC1BNLetFLZf-mmEoIUq3wXUOYk9HVmyq54r7MisBBEoNqXG0hPCohQPyobnmbORburGw%26action%3Dclick%26laxrid%3D11c80f4b-4940-4a84-b918-6c3ef58ccd48%26laxbid%3D2%26eid%3D3%26crtype%3Dvid%26laxerid%3D124650400144988192200-149%26pid%3D541%26adfmt%3D6%26wp%3D%24%7BTL_AUCTION_PRICE%7D%26urle%3DCwEAAAGW2fuDsypX_eNozJvqShNnt_h38MgwoGgn1yOG2_KLrzjZH6wv2hGoBliseUm9IBUsJGDhXEXpyU23fZJuhAXbm1wWyqZm8EeXIypBFh18tvDxDVFVipqRWmwG0eEjwyvunN8k0gdMBwN9A1RDo5ewh9S93JvKkRUXpCIAxRfNsqeLJN9Re2TgsgAMK_EmYyf9JOsoTByF%26urlhash%3DmsEE&amp;pr=1.406&amp;bc=2.61&amp;aid=1246504001449881922000&amp;bmid=6250&amp;biid=7739&amp;sid=66552&amp;brid=556676&amp;adid=703819046&amp;crid=323881967&amp;ts=1747413861&amp;bcud=2610&amp;ss=12&amp;dmp_ids=CnNodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3huZXdzLmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcHMtYmlnLWJlYXV0aWZ1bC1iaWxsLXN1ZmZlcnMtbWFzc2l2ZS1kZWZlYXQta2V5LWh1cmRsZS1iZWZvcmUtaG91c2Utd2lkZS12b3RlEk0KA2xybRJGWGkyNjkwd095ZlFxczllekFtS05XVUVLblZBZDBOeWpGUy04TF9jem9vY2tSd1JNQjVQRUlUY09PQS12NmhuUE41MVExUBIgCgZ0bHVpZHASFjQ1OTY3MzQ3MDA3MjQ3MjE5Njk5NjcSIQoHdGx1aWQtMRIWNDU5NjczNDcwMDcyNDcyMTk2OTk2NxoDYjQyIAA%3D&amp;cb=98282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Speaker_Mike_Johnson_unofficial_portrait-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65836\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Office of Speaker Mike Johnson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, five Republican committee members voted against the bill:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Chip Roy<\/strong>\u00a0(Texas)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Andrew Clyde<\/strong>\u00a0(Georgia)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lloyd Smucker<\/strong>\u00a0(Pennsylvania)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Josh Brecheen<\/strong>\u00a0(Oklahoma)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ralph Norman<\/strong>\u00a0(South Carolina)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Smucker, who initially supported the measure, reversed his position and voted \u201cno\u201d at the last minute \u2014 adding insult to injury for supporters of the president\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vote underscores a growing tension within the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/tag\/republican-party\/\">Republican Party<\/a>: Are Trump\u2019s populist, big-ticket proposals increasingly at odds with traditional conservative budget hawks who prioritize fiscal restraint? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiscal fractures within the GOP torpedo Trump-backed budget\u2026 President Trump\u2019s 2025 budget proposal \u2014 branded the \u201cBig Beautiful Bill\u201d \u2014 was dealt a devastating blow on Friday when the&nbsp;House Budget Committee&nbsp;voted it down in a 16\u201321 decision. 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