The White House reiterated its call for Congress to pass President Trump’s signature legislation.
“The One Big Beautiful Bill Act reflects the shared priorities of both the Congress and the Administration,” it said in a statement Saturday, pushing Congress to send the legislation to the president by Independence Day.
The White House added, “President Trump is committed to keeping his promises, and failure to pass this bill would be the ultimate betrayal.”
The Senate GOP has been rushing to pass the mega bill so that it can land on Mr. Trump’s desk by his July Fourth deadline. The House passed its version last month.
Senate Republicans released an updated version of the bill late Friday with hopes of holding a procedural test vote to begin bill debate on Saturday.
The 940-page bill contains the changes made by several Senate committees throughout the week to bring it up to speed with the upper chamber’s rules for budget reconciliation. Other changes were to attract votes of holdouts on the bill.
“This bill implements critical aspects of President Trump’s budgetary agenda by delivering bigger paychecks for Americans, driving massive economic growth, unleashing American energy, strengthening border security and national defense, modernizing America’s air traffic control system, preserving key safety net programs for Americans who need them, while ending waste, fraud, and abuse in Federal spending, and much more,” the administration statement said.
Some GOP members in the Senate have raised concerns over the $5 trillion debt limit increase in the bill and the provisions to stamp out waste and fraud in Medicaid.
Republican leaders cannot afford to lose more than three votes from their party members.
The president held an event at the White House on Thursday to rally Republicans behind his bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, met with Mr. Trump in the Oval Office later that day to talk about the bill.
“We can get it done. It will be a wonderful Celebration for our Country, which is right now, ‘The Hottest Country anywhere in the World’ — And to think, just last year, we were a laughingstock,” the president wrote on Truth Social Friday.
- Lindsey McPherson contributed to this report.
