“In the coming weeks and months, we will pass the largest tax cuts in American history, and that will include no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime,” President Donald Trump said to a crowd at his April 29 rally in Michigan. “It’s called the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”

One, Big, Beautiful Bill is the name that Trump and Republicans have given to the budget bill which is due by mid-July to avoid a government shutdown.

More than an ordinary budget bill though, Trump is pushing this as an important part of his presidential mandate.

While majorities in the House of Representatives and the Senate are thin, the Republican majorities in the year before the 2026 midterms are seen as essential to carrying out Trump’s agenda.

With July 4, Independence Day, set as a loose deadline for passing the One, Big, Beautiful Bill, the House Republicans approved the bill in a 215-214 vote on Thursday, May 22.

Every Democrat member of the House voted against the bill.

Two Republicans — Rep. Warren Davidson, R-OH, and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY — voted against it as well. An additional Republican — Rep. Andy Harris, R-MD — voted “present,” and two others did not vote.