The main draft tax and expenses draft of President Donald Trump approved the Chamber on Thursday, but not without any republican opposition.
The representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky and the representative Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania voted against the legislation along with all the democratic chaucus of the Chamber.
While Massie and Fitzpatrick were the only members of the Republican party that voted no, several uncompromising of the Republican party were angry at the changes made in the bill by the Senate and the president of the night, Mike Johnson, there was a fight during the night to ensure the necessary support to proceed. Some of the uncompromising who finally voted for President Trump made promises to obtain his votes, including that he would make the bill “better” in the future.
On Thursday, Massie said he did not vote for the bill due to its projected impact on national debt. The non -partisan Congress Budget Office estimated that the bill could add $ 3.4 billion to the deficit during the next decade.
“Although there were some conservative victories in the Budget Reconciliation bill (Obbba), I voted not in the final approval because it will significantly increase the US budgetary deficits in the short term, negatively impacting all Americans through sustained inflation and high interest rates,” Massie wrote in X. Massie also opposed the version of the camera What happened in May.
Trump has been a Massie vocal critic, criticizing him last month in a long publication on social networks such as not being “magic.”
“Actually, Maga doesn’t want it, he doesn’t know him and does not respect him,” Trump wrote at that time.
The president accused Massie of being a “grandfather” that routinely does not vote in a key legislation led by Republicans. Trump suggested that Massie should be challenged in the next Republican primary, even before this last vote.
“The good news is that we will have a wonderful American patriot who runs against him in the Republican primaries, and I will be in Kentucky doing very hard campaign,” Trump wrote.
Representative Brian Fitzpatrick in Washington, May 9, 2024 and representative Thomas Massie in Washington, June 27, 2025.
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The representative Fitzpatrick voted for the bill of the House of Representatives in May, but said Thursday that the Senate changes to the bill (which resulted in deeper cuts to Medicaid) as the reason for his change in position.
As I said throughout these negotiations, with each iteration of legislative text that was placed on the floor of the house, I have maintained a nearby eye and attentive to the specific details of these provisions, and determined the specific impact of the district, positive or negative, in our Pa-1 community, “said Fitzpatrick in a statement.
“I voted to strengthen the protections of Medicaid, to permanently extend the middle -class tax cuts, for a greater tax relief of small businesses, and for historical investments in our border security and our military,” he added/ “However, it was the amendment of the Senate to Medicaid, in addition to several other provisions
“I believe in, and I will always fight for reflexive, compassionate and good policies for our community. It is this standard that will always guide my legislative decisions,” said Fitzpatrick.
The congressman of Pennsylvania, who also faces re -election in 2026, represents a swing district that turned blue in 2024 for Kamala Harris.
