Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said over the weekend that all Democrats in the chamber will vote against the “big beautiful bill” championed by the House and President Trump, despite provisions within the legislation that benefit nearly all Americans.
“This is not beautiful. This bill is downright ugly— a job killer, a price raiser, a care slasher, and massive pile on to the national debt,” Schumer claimed without explanation in a statement to the New York Daily News.
Democrats failed to block the bill in the House last week, as an all-night session ended with a narrow 215-214 vote in favor of President Trump’s sweeping, 1,000-plus-page legislative package to advance his economic agenda.
The GOP is pushing to extend $4.5 trillion in tax breaks crafted during Trump’s first term, while also introducing additional cuts. Among them: eliminating taxes on service industry tips and overtime pay, the outlet reported, adding that Trump campaigned on those specific cuts. Former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, also championed no taxes on tips.
Schumer falsely claimed that the bill is a “handout to billionaires,” while also adding it could strip Medicaid coverage from up to 14 million Americans, force hospital closures, and leave food pantries and soup kitchens underfunded and overwhelmed.
