One Big Unpopular Bill

The Republican budget bill, which now heads to Trump's desk, will be the most unpopular major law in at least 30 years

Midday on Thursday, July 3, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve a marquee tax cut and budget bill they’ve been trying to pass since May. Republicans in the Senate passed the same bill on Tuesday, courtesy of a tie-breaker by Vice President JD Vance, so it now goes straight to President Donald Trump's desk to become law. The signing ceremony has been scheduled for Friday afternoon, on Independence Day.

The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (yes, that is its official government name) is a huge package of different policies, including tax cuts for the wealthy and the largest ever yearly increase (hundreds of billions of dollars) in funding for the Pentagon, ICE, and CBP. Republicans have "paid for" those tax cuts and spending increases by making the largest ever cuts to Medicaid and government food benefits, among other programs.

I place "paid for" in quotes because despite the claims from Trump's White House advisors, the reduction in spending on various social pr…