President Donald Trump’s main tax minimize and spending invoice handed the Home on Thursday, however not with out some Republican opposition.
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania voted towards the laws alongside the whole Home Democratic Caucus.
Whereas Massie and Fitzpatrick have been the one GOP members to vote no, a number of Home GOP hardliners have been angered by the adjustments made to the invoice by the Senate and there was an in a single day scramble by Speaker Mike Johnson to safe the mandatory help to proceed. A number of the hardliners who finally voted sure say President Trump made promises to get their votes, together with that he’d make the invoice “higher” sooner or later.
On Thursday, Massie stated he didn’t vote for the invoice due to its projected influence on the nationwide debt. The nonpartisan Congressional Finances Workplace estimated the invoice might add $3.4 trillion to the deficit over the subsequent decade.
“Though there have been some conservative wins within the price range reconciliation invoice (OBBBA), I voted No on ultimate passage as a result of it can considerably improve U.S. price range deficits within the close to time period, negatively impacting all Individuals by means of sustained inflation and excessive rates of interest,” Massie wrote on X. Massie additionally opposed the Home model of the megabill that handed again in Could.
Trump’s been a vocal critic of Massie, lambasting him final month in a prolonged social media put up as not being “MAGA.”
“Really, MAGA doesn’t need him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him,” Trump wrote on the time.
The president accused Massie of being a “grandstander” who routinely votes no on key Republican-led laws. Trump urged Massie needs to be challenged within the upcoming Republican main, even earlier than this newest vote.
“The excellent news is that we’ll have a beautiful American Patriot operating towards him within the Republican Major, and I’ll be out in Kentucky campaigning actually arduous,” Trump wrote.
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in Washington, Could 9, 2024 and Rep Thomas Massie in Washington, June 27, 2025.
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Rep. Fitzpatrick did vote for the Home invoice in Could, however stated on Thursday that the Senate adjustments to the invoice (which resulted in deeper cuts to Medicaid) as the rationale for his change in place.
As I’ve said all through these negotiations, with every iteration of legislative textual content that was positioned on the Home Ground, I’ve maintained an in depth and watchful eye on the precise particulars of those provisions, and decided the precise district influence, optimistic or unfavorable, on our PA-1 group,” Fitzpatrick stated in a press release.
“I voted to strengthen Medicaid protections, to completely lengthen center class tax cuts, for enhanced small enterprise tax aid, and for historic investments in our border safety and our navy,” he added/ “Nevertheless, it was the Senate’s amendments to Medicaid, along with a number of different Senate provisions, that altered the evaluation for our PA-1 group. The unique Home language was written in a method that protected our group; the Senate amendments fell in need of our commonplace.”
“I imagine in, and can all the time struggle for, insurance policies which can be considerate, compassionate, and good for our group. It’s this commonplace that can all the time information my legislative selections,” Fitzpatrick stated.
The Pennsylvania congressman, who additionally faces reelection in 2026, represents a swing district that went blue in 2024 for Kamala Harris.
