After force-feeding America their woke agenda in especially the first two Biden years, Dems are on the outside looking in.
Aside from shutting down the government completely — which they might still try — they have no leverage at all to keep the Trump agenda — especially as codified in the budget — from passing.
And with the current budget reconciliation rules, Democrats can’t even stop it in the Senate so long as 50 senators back it.
This vote opens up the process, and each committee will come back with specific budget proposal that put flesh on the bones of the priorities as outlined here.
As of last night, we were one step closer to that ‘big beautiful bill’ that Trump was hoping for to put his 2025 mandate into law. That includes keeping the Trump-era tax cuts from disappearing. But we’ve still got a long way to go.
It also includes other things like slashing the taxes on tips and overtime. Naturally, Democrats opposed it. Every last one of them.
By their own rules, ones that they make the GOP play by, we get to tag them with their opposition to ‘no tax on tips’ and ‘no tax on overtime’, no matter WHAT the other reasons they may have been opposed to the bill. If they can use that sketchy tactic to slander the GOP, they’d best be ready to have it bounce back at them.
House Republicans got it done tonight. This vote was a key step in the process to deliver President Trump’s full America First agenda.
I’m grateful to my colleagues, especially @RepArrington and @RepJasonSmith.
Tomorrow, we roll up our sleeves and get right back at it. pic.twitter.com/Ob4psMJSGY
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) February 26, 2025
