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H.R. 1EnactedbothImpact 9/10
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Jodey Arrington(R-TX)Cosponsors · D 0 · R 18 · I 0
- Last action
- Became Public Law No: 119-21.
- Action date
- 2025-07-04
What it does
Budget reconciliation package pairing a debt-limit increase with partisan tax, spending, and policy riders advanced under majority-only procedures.
Why it matters
Reconciliation lets one chamber majority rewrite large slices of fiscal policy without a 60-vote Senate cloture threshold — so the bill becomes the vehicle for policy that could not survive regular order.
Progressive take
Receipts: Public Law 119-21 is the majority's signature fiscal rewrite. Watch the tax distribution tables, Medicaid/SNAP riders, and debt-limit timing — not the branding. Reconciliation is a process cheat code, not a mandate for every rider stuffed inside.
Roll-call receipts
House · On Passage
2025-05-22 · Yea 215 · Nay 217 · NV 1
Yea by party215
Nay by party217
DemGOPInd
Senate · On Passage of the Bill
2025-07-01 · Yea 51 · Nay 49
Yea by party51
Nay by party49
DemGOPInd
Topics
BudgetTaxesDemocracyEconomy
