House Republicans released a so-called <a href="https://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/RCP_119-3_Managers_xml%20(002)250521201648156.pdf?_gl=1*1yc9bfp*_ga*MTY4NTMzODU0NS4xNzM3NzQzNTQz*_ga_N4RTJ5D08B*czE3NDc4NzUxMzQkbzYkZzEkdDE3NDc4NzUxNDYkajAkbDAkaDA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">manager&#8217;s amendment</a> on Wednesday night with tweaks to President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;one big, beautiful bill&#8221; that emerged from negotiations to rally the GOP rank-and-file around the legislation.
In a <a href="https://x.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1925356030076051903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X, Wall Street Journal reporter Olivia Beavers highlighted what the measure looks like with the last-minute changes:
<blockquote>— SALT deal stays 
— Medicaid work requirements moved up to Dec. 2026
— Incentives for non-expansion states 
— Faster phase out of energy tax credits for wind, solar, and battery storage in 2028 w/ some exceptions 
— Changes to federal pension 
— Ditching the federal requirement that firearm suppressors must be registered</blockquote>
Posts on social media from journalists also <a href="https://x.com/MaeveSheehey/status/1925358256605507719" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed</a> out that several pages in the manager&#8217;s amendment dealt with renaming &#8220;MAGA accounts,&#8221; which are featured in a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/maga-accounts-child-savings-tax-bill-explained-6c4d470e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a> to create tax-preferred savings accounts for children with $1,000 in seed money, to &#8220;Trump accounts.&#8221;
One significant point of contention over the past week had been the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap. GOP lawmakers from high-tax blue states protested the $30,000 ceiling originally proposed in the legislation. A deal was <a href="https://x.com/business/status/1925281114173698519" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> struck to lift the ceiling to $40,000. However, the SALT bargain threatened to alienate other Republican lawmakers.
&#8220;Raising the SALT deduction is a bailout for Democrat Governors — paid for by red states with low taxes. Tennesseans should not foot the bill for New York and California&#8217;s mismanagement,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/RepJohnRose/status/1925299160405700955" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Rep. John Rose (R-TN), who is running for governor of Tennessee.
Now the House Rules Committee is expected to take up the manager&#8217;s amendment with the <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/BU/BU00/20250516/118284/BILLS-119pih.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>. If they advance to the full House, GOP leadership could pave the way for a final vote as early as Thursday.
The bill, which is progressing through Congress via the reconciliation process, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/passing-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-gop-duty-voters-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aims</a> to provide funding for Trump’s domestic priorities, retain the 2017 tax cuts, and raise the debt limit, &#8220;No Tax on Tips,&#8221; and more.
With a slim House majority and near-certain Democrat opposition, Republicans can likely afford only a few defectors to send the bill to the Senate. Trump met with House GOP lawmakers, including conservative holdouts, at the White House on Wednesday following the president&#8217;s trip to Capitol Hill to urge Republicans to pass the bill on Tuesday.

The rotunda at the US Capitol

House Republicans Reveal Final Changes To ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’

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Donald Trump

Spending Bill

Taxes

U.S.

U.S. House of Representatives

President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;one big, beautiful bill&#8221; offers a &#8220;historic level of mandatory savings,&#8221; Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought declared on Wednesday when pressed for a response to the legislation&#8217;s skeptics among conservative lawmakers.
Vought spoke about the legislation making its way through Congress through the reconciliation process during an appearance on &#8220;The Ben Shapiro Show&#8221; as House Republican leadership tries to rally the GOP rank-and-file behind the comprehensive package that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/passing-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-gop-duty-voters-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aims</a> to provide funding for Trump’s domestic priorities, retain the 2017 tax cuts, raise the debt limit, and more.
After noting how fiscal hawks are experiencing &#8220;heartburn&#8221; over the bill not doing enough to cut the nearly $37 trillion national deficit and concerns that it might actually contribute to the deficit or lead to more debt, Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro asked Vought to provide the &#8220;truth&#8221; of the matter.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RussVought45?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RussVought45</a>, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, details President Trump&#8217;s &#8220;one big, beautiful bill&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/qtTZ876fUk">pic.twitter.com/qtTZ876fUk</a>
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&#8220;This is the most historic level of mandatory savings that we&#8217;ve had, ever: $1.6 trillion,&#8221; Vought replied. &#8220;And just to give people a little bit of context: for 30 years, we&#8217;ve had virtually no efforts to&#8221; rein in spending programs, &#8220;which are the things that are kind of hardwired into permanent law. Welfare benefits, things like Medicaid, and we&#8217;ve had nothing of consequence since the 1997 Balanced Budget Agreement which included the work requirements with a Republican Congress and [former President] Bill Clinton.&#8221;
Vought said the bill currently being considered by Congress &#8220;essentially doubles that with $1.6 trillion, begins to have sizable savings to get illegal immigrants off of Medicaid, to have a work requirement in Medicaid to take those reforms from 1997 and apply them to more of the federal programs to get people back into the labor force.&#8221;
The bill &#8220;does sizable things,&#8221; Vought continued, noting that the Trump administration believes the bill will also bring economic growth.
&#8220;My view as the budget guy: you can&#8217;t cut spending if you don&#8217;t have a growing economy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And so, the last thing you wanna do is not preserve these cuts, get them extended, that really is just what current law is. There&#8217;s a unique thing in budget land where you allow for programs to be permanent, but tax relief sunsets. So all that we&#8217;re doing is extending what is essentially current law and then adding $1.6 trillion in mandatory savings. We think it&#8217;s actually historic and something this town hasn&#8217;t even begun to approach, as we are working with members to be able to tell that story.&#8221;

OMB Boss Russel Vought

Trump’s Budget Chief Responds To Fiscal Hawk ‘Heartburn’ Over ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Russ Vought

A group of House Republicans huddled with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday afternoon to reach a resolution for the &#8220;one big, beautiful bill.&#8221;
Included in the meeting, which came one day after Trump visited Capitol Hill to advocate for the legislation, were House GOP leaders as well as members of the conservative Freedom Caucus who are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-clears-hurdle-in-second-attempt-of-key-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushing</a> for more extensive spending cuts in exchange for their support. With a slim House majority and near-certain Democrat opposition, Republicans can likely afford only a few defectors to send the bill to the Senate.
&#8220;The meeting was productive and moved the ball in the right direction. The President reiterated how critical it is for the country to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill as quickly as possible,&#8221; White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
Upon returning to the U.S. Capitol, House GOP leaders <a href="https://x.com/cami_mondeaux/status/1925299205595111428" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conveyed</a> to <a href="https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1925299188557856973" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the media</a> they still planned to move forward with the package, with the introduction of a so-called manager&#8217;s amendment in the Rules Committee that is expected to include last-minute changes meant to placate holdouts. A vote could happen tonight otherwise or tomorrow morning.
The bill, which is progressing through Congress via the reconciliation process, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/passing-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-gop-duty-voters-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aims</a> to provide funding for Trump’s domestic priorities, retain the 2017 tax cuts, raise the debt limit, and more. It has a multitude of provisions, including &#8220;No Tax On Tips&#8221; and reforms to Medicaid.
One significant point of contention has been the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap. GOP lawmakers from high-tax blue states protested the $30,000 ceiling originally proposed in the legislation, but a deal was <a href="https://x.com/business/status/1925281114173698519" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> struck to lift the ceiling to $40,000. However, the SALT bargain threatens to alienate other Republicans.
Rep. John Rose (R-TN), who is running for governor of Tennessee, <a href="https://x.com/RepJohnRose/status/1925298920868970708" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in a Wednesday afternoon post on X that he would vote &#8220;no&#8221; on the bill in its current form. He added in <a href="https://x.com/RepJohnRose/status/1925299160405700955" target="_blank" rel="noopener">another</a> post: &#8220;Raising the SALT deduction is a bailout for Democrat Governors — paid for by red states with low taxes. Tennesseans should not foot the bill for New York and California&#8217;s mismanagement.&#8221;

President Donald Trump

‘Productive’ Meeting With Trump As House GOP Seeks Entente On ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

On Tuesday, the GOP-led Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) that seeks to make good on President Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign promise for getting rid of taxes on tips.
Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/senate-dems-attempt-pass-no-tax-on-tips" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> earlier in the day that Senate Republicans were likely to block a request for unanimous consent for Cruz&#8217;s measure by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) because the GOP-controlled House is working on Trump&#8217;s &#8220;one big, beautiful bill,&#8221; which has its own <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-gets-no-tax-on-tips-and-overtime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;No Tax On Tips&#8221;</a> component.
However, that opposition did not materialize and Cruz&#8217;s <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/no_tax_on_tips_act_2025.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;No Tax on Tips Act&#8221;</a> passed by <a href="https://x.com/SenatePress/status/1924921893066277222" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unanimous consent</a>, which is an <a href="https://www.senate.gov/about/glossary.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreement</a> that allows the upper chamber to bypass standard rules to speed up proceedings.
&#8220;President Trump made a promise to the American people that he would eliminate taxes on tips. In Congress, I formed a bipartisan, bicameral coalition to get that done, and in the Senate introduced the No Tax on Tips Act,&#8221; Cruz said in a <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-cruzs-no-tax-on-tips-legislation-passes-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.
&#8220;Today, I went with Senator Rosen to the floor to secure Senate passage of the bill,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This legislation will have a lasting impact on millions of Americans by protecting the hard-earned dollars of blue-collar workers, the very people who are living paycheck-to-paycheck. I urge my colleagues in the House to pass this important bill and send it to the President’s desk to be signed into law.&#8221;
According to a Congress.gov <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/129" target="_blank" rel="noopener">summary</a>, the bill, as introduced, allows workers in tip-heavy jobs to deduct up to $25,000 in reported cash tips from their taxes unless they earned over a threshold, which is $160,000 for 2025 and adjusted annually for inflation. It also expands business tax credits to cover payroll taxes on tips from beauty services such as haircare and spa treatments.
Cruz&#8217;s office says the bill &#8220;exempts &#8216;cash tips&#8217; — cash, credit and debit card charges, and checks — from federal income tax by allowing taxpayers to claim a 100% deduction at filing for tipped wages. The updated text includes guardrails to ensure only traditionally tipped employees will benefit from No Tax on Tips.&#8221;
The legislation now heads to the House, which is moving to pass through the reconciliation process a much <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/BU/BU00/20250516/118284/BILLS-119pih.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">larger bill</a> that aims to provide funding for Trump’s domestic priorities, retain tax cuts from 2017, raise the debt limit, and more.
One of the megabill&#8217;s many provisions features a deduction for &#8220;qualified&#8221; tips for individuals who work in &#8220;an occupation which traditionally and customarily received tips&#8221; from 2025 through 2028. It also contains sections dedicated to some of Trump&#8217;s other ideas, including no tax on overtime and no tax on auto loan interest.
Democrats have joined Republicans in supporting the push for &#8220;No Tax On Tips.&#8221; In fact, Vice President Kamala Harris <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-steals-trumps-no-tax-on-tips-policy-proposal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stole</a> Trump&#8217;s proposal as they competed against each other for the White House in the 2024 election.
In a speech on the Senate floor, Rosen <a href="https://x.com/SenJackyRosen/status/1924933653894701465" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that she wanted the legislation from Cruz to succeed rather than &#8220;forcing working families to choose between keeping their healthcare or keeping their tips&#8221; with the more comprehensive &#8220;one big, beautiful bill,&#8221; alluding to efforts by GOP lawmakers to rein in spending on programs such as Medicaid.

Sen. Ted Cruz and Trump

Senate Unanimously Passes ‘No Tax On Tips Act’

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Ted Cruz

U.S. Senate

After President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-capitol-hill-visit-trump-tells-house-gop-back-big-beautiful-bill-fool" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paid a visit</a> to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, pushing House Republicans to pass the &#8220;one big, beautiful bill,&#8221; GOP lawmakers made it clear they have not come to a resolution that would unify them behind the legislation, but are working toward doing so.
The bill, which is progressing through Congress via the reconciliation process, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/passing-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-gop-duty-voters-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aims</a> to provide funding for Trump’s domestic priorities, retain the 2017 tax cuts, raise the debt limit, and more. With a slim House majority and near-certain Democrat opposition, Republicans can likely afford only a few defectors to send the bill to the Senate.
One key component that threatens to derail the House bid to pass the legislation is a provision to increase the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap to $30,000 for individuals earning $400,000 or less, up from the current $10,000 limit set to expire at the end of this year. A source told The Daily Wire that Trump urged House Republicans not to let SALT impede the bill&#8217;s progress, noting they could fight about the issue in the future.
However, GOP lawmakers from high-tax blue states signaled they were not ready to back down after the meeting with Trump, as evidenced by a <a href="https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/1924912782459154828" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> from Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ), and Young Kim (R-CA).
&#8220;We share President Donald Trump&#8217;s call for unity within the House Republican Conference. A fair SALT deduction is a matter of fundamental fairness for the hardworking families we represent, including the many who proudly support President Trump and voted for him, in part, because he promised to restore SALT,&#8221; they said. &#8220;We hope his remarks today motivate the Speaker to advance a SALT proposal that delivers meaningful relief for our middle-class constituents, as we have worked in good faith with House Leadership for more than a year. Our states are donor states, consistently subsidizing so-called fiscally responsible red states.&#8221;
The source informed The Daily Wire how Trump told House Republicans that he was losing patience with all holdouts in the House GOP, including the SALT Caucus, as well as the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-clears-hurdle-in-second-attempt-of-key-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushing</a> for more extensive spending cuts. He also discouraged them from touching Medicaid except for removing waste, fraud, and abuse with such moves as booting off illegal immigrants and making common-sense work requirements.
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), a member of the Freedom Caucus, <a href="https://x.com/RepOgles/status/1924856688009433267" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X that he agrees with Trump on cutting waste, fraud, and abuse. &#8220;Liberal states like California and New York are abusing Medicaid — and making you pay for it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Illegal aliens and freeloaders have no right to taxpayer-funded benefits. Cut the waste- accomplish the America First mandate.&#8221;
Another member of the group, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), <a href="https://x.com/chiproytx/status/1924856914086625761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post of his own: &#8220;Congress doesn’t need to layer more central planning garbage on top of more garbage (blue state winners/losers, [Inflation Reduction Act] subsidies etc). We are bloated enough. And broke. Limit gov spending, put money back in the pockets of hard working Americans and get the hell out of their way.&#8221;
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is closely aligned with Trump on the bill and has voiced aspirations for getting the lower chamber to pass the legislation by Memorial Day, expressed confidence after the Capitol Hill meeting.
&#8220;Republicans are on the verge of delivering REAL, POSITIVE results for the American people,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1924884657478221892" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> in a post on X. &#8220;President Trump has done his part to fix the disaster [former President Joe] Biden left us, it’s time Congress does ours. We cannot leave the American people waiting.&#8221;
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Rules Committee Ranking Member James McGovern (D-MA) publicly released a letter addressed to Jeffries griping about the plan for a rules panel <a href="https://rules.house.gov/media/announcement/meeting-announcement-may-21-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">meeting</a> at 1 a.m. on the megabill they claimed would cause millions of Americans to lose their health care, benefit the wealthy, and add more than $5 trillion to the national debt.
&#8220;It is deeply troubling that you would attempt to jam this legislation down the throats of the American people. What else are you hiding?&#8221; the Democrats <a href="https://x.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1924841481363132462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. &#8220;It is imperative that you immediately reschedule the meeting so that it may be debated in the light of day.&#8221;

President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson

Here’s What Key House Factions Are Saying After Trump’s Visit On ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

Mike Johnson

President Donald Trump paid a visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, pushing House Republicans to pass the &#8220;one big, beautiful bill&#8221; with encouragement mixed with some criticism.
Trump told reporters his meeting with GOP lawmakers was about &#8220;love&#8221; and &#8220;unity,&#8221; but then mentioned, &#8220;Anybody that didn&#8217;t support it as a Republican, I would consider to be a fool.&#8221;
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President Trump after meeting with <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HouseGOP</a>: &#8220;It was a meeting of unity&#8230;Anybody that didn&#8217;t support it as a Republican I would consider to be a fool&#8230;This was a meeting of love.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/cARFr21Ps9">pic.twitter.com/cARFr21Ps9</a>
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House Republicans continue to clash about spending cuts and certain provisions in the bill that is progressing through Congress via the reconciliation process, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/passing-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-gop-duty-voters-white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">aiming</a> to provide funding for Trump’s domestic priorities, retain the 2017 tax cuts, raise the debt limit, and more.
One key component that threatens to derail the House bid to pass the bill is the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap. GOP members from high-tax blue states are fighting for a higher limit than the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-tax-deduction-cap-threatens-to-derail-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$30,000</a> that made it into the legislation.
Trump urged House Republicans not to let SALT impede the bill&#8217;s progress, noting they could fight about the issue in the future, a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Wire.
Medicaid has been another sticking point.
According to the source, Trump told Republicans not to touch the program, except for removing waste, fraud, and abuse — such as booting off illegal immigrants and common-sense work requirements.
Trump conveyed that he is losing patience with all holdouts in the House GOP, including the SALT Caucus and the conservative House Freedom Caucus pushing for more extensive spending cuts, per the source. He also made it clear that he wants every Republican to vote in favor of the bill.
With a slim House majority and near-certain Democrat opposition, Republicans can likely afford only a few defectors to send the bill to the Senate.
One person Trump publicly called out was Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) after a reporter noted that the congressman <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1924819640665936195" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> the bill would result in &#8220;Biden levels&#8221; of spending and bigger deficits.
&#8220;I don’t think Thomas Massie understands government. I think he’s a grandstander, frankly,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1924819640665936195" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> before the meeting, adding later, &#8220;I think he should be voted out of office.&#8221;
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President Trump on <a href="https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepThomasMassie</a>: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think Thomas Massie understands government. I think he&#8217;s a grand-stander, frankly&#8230;I think he should be voted out of office.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/YCLdSac95d">pic.twitter.com/YCLdSac95d</a>
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Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman <a href="https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1924831698442653802" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X that Trump &#8220;griped&#8221; about Massie while speaking to House Republicans. &#8220;He asked if Massie was in the room, which he was, and then compared him to [Republican Senator from Kentucky] RAND PAUL. He said he could never get their votes no matter what,&#8221; the journalist added.
Massie alluded to the exchange with a tongue-in-cheek post of his own.
&#8220;I usually don’t talk about private conversations in our GOP meetings but the rumors are true… President Trump said that although I have similar hair to @RandPaul, he thinks mine is better,&#8221; Massie <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1924849560431562992" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

President Trump Attends GOP House Caucus Meeting On Capitol Hill As Budget Bill Faces Resistance

In Capitol Hill Visit, Trump Tells House GOP: Back ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Or Be A ‘Fool’

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Thomas Massie

Republicans in Congress must come together and pass President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;one big, beautiful bill&#8221; to deliver the &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; agenda endorsed by voters, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.
During a White House press briefing, Leavitt put lawmakers on notice as some of the GOP rank-and-file continue to quibble about spending cuts and certain provisions in the legislation, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-clears-hurdle-in-second-attempt-of-key-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advanced</a> out of the House Budget Committee late Sunday night and could reach a final vote in the lower chamber within the next week. With a slim House majority and near-certain Democrat opposition, Republicans can likely afford only a few defectors to send the bill to the Senate.
&#8220;The &#8216;one big, beautiful bill&#8217; is perfectly named, because it represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver on the &#8216;Make America Great Again&#8217; agenda responsible for President Trump’s landslide victory on November 5th. The &#8216;America First&#8217; policies in this bill are the reason why Republicans currently have the majority in Congress right now,&#8221; Leavitt said.
&#8220;Passing this bill is what voters sent Republicans to Washington to accomplish,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And that’s why it is essential that every Republican in the House and Senate unites behind President Trump and passes this popular and essential legislative package.&#8221;
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The One Big, Beautiful Bill is perfectly named because it represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver on the Make America Great Again Agenda responsible for President Trump’s landslide victory on November 5th.
The MAGA policies in this bill, like the largest tax… <a href="https://t.co/TK3xwWUWBB">pic.twitter.com/TK3xwWUWBB</a>
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1924481626433585608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The bill is processing through Congress via the reconciliation process, aiming to provide funding for Trump’s domestic priorities, retain the 2017 tax cuts, raise the debt limit, and more.
One claim Democrats have made against the legislation is that it benefits the wealthy, but if they &#8220;get their way&#8221; and the 2017 tax cuts are not extended through the bill, Americans will face the &#8220;largest tax hike in history to the tune of $4 trillion,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;Republicans must not side with Democrats in helping them raise taxes.&#8221;
The bill actually gives Americans the biggest tax cuts in U.S. history, Leavitt argued. Key areas she highlighted included eliminating taxes on tips for service workers, removing taxes on overtime pay for essential workers such as police and nurses, and offering a significant tax deduction for interest payments on loans for American-made cars.
Leavitt said the bill boosts the Child Tax Credit to $2,500 per child, establishes optional $1,000 savings accounts for newborns, fortifies paid family leave, provides tax relief for middle- and low-income Social Security recipients by allowing an additional $4,000 deduction on payments from their taxable income, and permits Americans earning between $30,000 and $80,000 to pay around 15% less in taxes. Leavitt noted there is a new White House Council of Economic Advisers study projecting families with two children will see their take-home pay rise up to $13,000 because of increased wages and reduced tax obligations, plus the average overtime worker receives a tax cut of roughly $2,000, if the legislation passes.
&#8220;This bill will be the single most pro-small business, pro-family, and pro-American worker legislation ever,&#8221; Leavitt said.
Another major attack line from the Democrats is that the legislation forces millions to lose health care coverage, under Medicaid in particular. However, according to Leavitt, the bill reforms Medicaid by eliminating coverage for &#8220;barbaric gender mutilation procedures on minor children&#8221; and removing 1.4 million undocumented immigrants from the program, a move that would &#8220;preserve it for hardworking American citizens.&#8221;
Leavitt further contended that the bill strengthens border security beyond what Trump has done himself through executive actions, funding the completion of the border wall, hiring thousands of new ICE and Border Patrol agents, and providing $10,000 bonuses to existing agents over four years. It also helps Trump fulfill his &#8220;promise to carry out the largest mass deportation in the history of our country,&#8221; she said. Leavitt said the bill enhances national defense through resources for a modernized military, including the construction of the &#8220;Golden Dome&#8221; defense system. And Leavitt stressed that the bill modernizes the nation’s air traffic control system to reduce delays and enhance safety, addressing long-standing bipartisan concerns.
&#8220;It is absolutely essential that Republicans unite behind the One Big Beautiful Bill and deliver on President Trump’s agenda. There is no time to waste,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;Americans gave Republicans a once in a generation opportunity to course correct our country over many wrongs over the past four years — and Americans are counting on Republicans to work as hard as President Trump is in this White House every day on Capitol Hill. Send this legislation to his desk as soon as possible for his signature.&#8221;

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

Passing Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is GOP’s Duty To Voters, White House Says

Karoline Leavitt

Republicans

White House

In a second attempt late Sunday night, President Donald Trump’s &#8220;one big, beautiful bill&#8221; prevailed in a critical committee vote after House GOP leadership managed to placate a handful of Republican deficit hawks who held out in the first go-around.
The House Budget Committee advanced the package in a 17-16 vote along party lines while four conservative defectors <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-hits-snag-in-critical-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from last time</a> voted &#8220;present.&#8221;
It appears negotiations over the past couple of days were productive.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://x.com/haleytalbotcnn/status/1924279405141983582" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters shortly before the Sunday vote that talks had been &#8220;great&#8221; and &#8220;minor modifications&#8221; were made over the weekend. The exact details were not immediately known.
Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) asserted during the meeting late Sunday that he could not say what might be changing, emphasizing that the situation was fluid.
One of the erstwhile holdouts, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), <a href="https://x.com/chiproytx/status/1924296387040080036" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> the breakthrough had to do with moving Medicaid work requirements forward and reducing &#8220;green new scam&#8221; subsidies.
However, Roy also said he had lingering objections linked to the same programs, warning the spending &#8220;ultimately increases the likelihood of continuing deficits and non-Obamacare-expansion states like Texas expanding in the future.&#8221;
The bill is processing through Congress via the reconciliation process, aiming to provide funding for Trump&#8217;s domestic priorities, retain the 2017 tax cuts, raise the debt limit, and more.
Negotiations are poised to stretch into this week.
Republicans will have to consider that certain alterations in the final project to placate conservatives might alienate some of their colleagues.
Another component of the massive policy bill — the state and local tax <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-tax-deduction-cap-threatens-to-derail-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(SALT) deduction cap</a> — also threatens to divide the party. The $30,000 limit that passed has GOP members from high-tax blue states fighting for a higher ceiling.
While Republican grapple with their slim majority, Democrats are focused on pushing back on Trump&#8217;s agenda. They have warned the bill could lead millions to lose health care while benefiting the rich.
Johnson <a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6373018257112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said during a</a> &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; interview that the next step in &#8220;the plan,&#8221; after a successful House Budget Committee vote, is to move the bill to the Rules Committee by midweek followed by a House floor by the end of the week.
Doing that, the speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-speaker-reveals-the-plan-after-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-blocked-in-key-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News anchor Shannon Bream, would allow House lawmakers to &#8220;meet our initial, our original Memorial Day deadline.&#8221;

U.S. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)

Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Clears Hurdle In Second Attempt Of Key Vote

Chip Roy

On Sunday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted the GOP-led House is &#8220;on track&#8221; to pass President Donald Trump’s &#8220;one big, beautiful bill&#8221; on time despite the legislation hitting a roadblock last week.
Johnson expressed confidence in his Memorial Day deadline for the domestic policy bill during an <a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6373018257112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; after the House Budget Committee failed to advance <a href="https://docs.house.gov/meetings/BU/BU00/20250516/118284/BILLS-119pih.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the legislation</a> in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-hits-snag-in-critical-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">16-21 vote</a> on Friday amid a revolt by some Republican deficit hawks.
&#8220;We&#8217;re on track, working around the clock to deliver this nation-shaping legislation for the American people as soon as possible,&#8221; Johnson told Fox News anchor Shannon Bream. &#8220;Look, all 11 of our committees have wrapped up their work and they spent less and saved more than even we projected initially. This really is a once-in-a-generation opportunity that we have here.&#8221;
The budget panel is set to reconvene on Sunday evening and &#8220;they&#8217;ll get that through the committee,&#8221; Johnson predicted. &#8220;And the plan is to move it to the Rules Committee by midweek and to the House floor by the end of the week, so we meet our initial, our original Memorial Day deadline,&#8221; he added.
Johnson was asked to respond to some of the GOP defectors on the Budget Committee, including Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Chip Roy (R-TX), who say they want deeper and more immediate spending cuts. The speaker noted that there have been &#8220;lots of conversations&#8221; with his &#8220;good friends&#8221; and more would take place on Sunday.
&#8220;What they were complaining about or mostly concerned about I think is, for example, work requirements in Medicaid. They wanted them to be implemented earlier rather than later. Well, so do we,&#8221; Johnson said.
&#8220;The concern is — what we&#8217;re trying to work with is the ability of the states to retool their systems and ensure the verification processes, to make sure that all the new laws and all the new safeguards that we&#8217;re placing can actually be enforced,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And so, we&#8217;re working through all those details, and we&#8217;ll get it done. But I tell you what: this is the largest spending reduction in at least three decades, probably longer. It&#8217;s historic.&#8221;
Johnson also noted that the House has been in &#8220;close coordination&#8221; with the Senate, where some Republicans have voiced reservations about the bill in its current form, since last year. The legislation that is progressing through the reconciliation process is &#8220;one that was very carefully negotiated and delicately balanced, and we hope that they don&#8217;t make many modifications to it because that will ensure its passage quickly,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;Remember, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that we need to do this by July 4th,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;Remember, also included in this package is a solution to the debt limit that is coming upon us, the cliff. We&#8217;ve got to get this done and get it to the president&#8217;s desk by that big celebration on Independence Day. And &#8230; I am convinced that we can.&#8221;
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House Speaker Mike Johnson

House Speaker Reveals ‘The Plan’ After Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Blocked In Key Vote

Medicaid

An <a href="https://www.jct.gov/publications/2025/jcx-23-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation revealed discomfiting news for Democrats who engage in class warfare: the House tax package would give average-income people almost double the percentage decline in their tax bills than those making more than $1 million a year.
The report found a general steady decline in the tax percentage as wages decreased. People making more than $1 million per year would see a drop of 8.6%; a decline of between roughly 11%-13% from those making between $1 million and $60,000, then a surge to 14.5% for those making between $50,000-$60,000; 16.1% for those making between $40,000-$50,000, 17.6% for those making between $30,000-$40,000, and 21.1% for those making between $15,000-$30,000 per year.
&#8220;The measure of income used to place tax returns into income categories is adjusted gross income (&#8220;AGI&#8221;) plus (1) tax-exempt interest, (2) employer contributions for health plans and life insurance, (3) employer share of FICA tax, (4) workers&#8217; compensation, (5) nontaxable Social Security benefits, (6) insurance value of Medicare benefits, (7) alternative minimum tax preference items, (8) individual share of business taxes, and (9)excluded income of U S citizens living abroad,” the analysis noted.
“The analysis does not take account of a likely expansion of a deduction for state and local taxes, which would overwhelmingly benefit upper-income households, or look at the possible effect of spending cuts Republicans are also planning that would primarily hit lower-income people,” <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/13/congress/average-taxpayers-tax-bills-set-to-fall-under-house-tax-package-forecasters-say-00347318" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a> reported.
On Monday, House Ways and Means Committee ranking member Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) ripped the House GOP, saying,  “They’re very uncertain of where they’re headed. And they know the political consequences, because I talked to a couple of them already.”
&#8220;House Republicans are hoping to get the tax portion of the bill out of committee on Tuesday. Neal plans to make that task as hard as he can,” Semafor <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/05/12/2025/how-democrats-plan-to-counterattack-trumps-tax-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Monday.
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) resorted to the time-honored Democratic tradition of accusing the GOP of favoring the rich, <a href="https://www.alreporter.com/2025/05/14/rep-sewell-slams-trumps-tax-bill-in-house-ways-and-means-committee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “My colleagues, let’s be honest about why we are here today. We are here because—according to President Trump, Elon Musk, and Republicans in Congress—the wealthiest individuals and the largest corporations in our country are not wealthy enough.”
Despite Democrats’ efforts to stop it, the House Ways and Means Committee, in a straight party-line vote, voted to advance the tax package out of committee on Wednesday morning, which means the package must next go to the House Budget Committee. The package makes the income tax rates from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 permanent while including President Donald Trump’s promises of no tax on tips or overtime, a jump in the child tax credit, and an increase in the endowment tax on some universities.
The House Budget Committee will gather the disparate parts of Trump’s tax bill, then send it to the entire House for a vote. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will have to work assiduously to unify the various factions in the House, given the razor-thin majority the GOP has in the House.

Trump McDonalds

Dems Hit Hardest: Analysis Says Trump Tax Plan Disproportionately Helps The Poor

Class warfare

Democrats

Economy

Republicans in the GOP-led House are struggling to reach an agreement for the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap being considered for President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;one big, beautiful bill.&#8221;
In the 389-page tax package <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-gets-no-tax-on-tips-and-overtime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> on Monday, there was a provision to increase the SALT deduction cap to $30,000 for individuals earning $400,000 or less, up from the current $10,000 limit from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that is set to expire at the end of this year.
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced the tax measure in a 26-19 vote along party lines on Wednesday morning, but Republicans from high-tax blue states such as New York, New Jersey, and California are fighting for a higher ceiling.
After Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) posted on X a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-works-fry-cooker-at-mcdonalds-roasts-kamala-ive-now-worked-15-minutes-more-than-she-has" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photo</a> of Trump at McDonald&#8217;s and saying, &#8220;Thanks for playing, @WaysMeansCmte,&#8221; Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) <a href="https://x.com/lawler4ny/status/1922652928638173652" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>, &#8220;You forgot to add SALT with those fries, Chairman.&#8221;
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GOP lawmakers who want a SALT deduction cap increase have star power in Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who is considering a run for New York governor after Trump pulled her nomination to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She joined other New York Republicans for a May 8 statement that <a href="https://x.com/theblaze/status/1922021280120766600" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> a flat $30,000 SALT deduction cap would not get their support.
&#8220;[It] risks derailing President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill,&#8221; they said. &#8220;New Yorkers already send far more to Washington than we get back — unlike many so-called &#8216;low-tax&#8217; states that depend heavily on federal largesse. A higher SALT cap isn’t a luxury. It’s a matter of fairness. We reject this offer.&#8221;
Some House conservatives, who are focused on cutting how much the federal government spends and reining in a national debt that is approaching $37 trillion, have voiced reservations about the SALT deduction cap.
&#8220;The top Congressional districts taking advantage of SALT (State &amp; Local Tax) deductions (i.e., they have high state &amp; local taxes on high incomes. Mostly Dem, heavily CA, Swamp (MD, VA), &amp; NY,&#8221; Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) <a href="https://x.com/chiproytx/status/1917715364605223414" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X last month. &#8220;In fairness, property taxes in TX are horrible, but we shouldn’t subsidize that either!&#8221;
Democrats are pushing in the opposite direction.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) <a href="https://x.com/hakeemjeffries/status/1920839627113480620" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> that he would rather not have a SALT deduction cap at all, as it was before the 2017 tax law, saying on X that Republicans &#8220;must now fully restore it or be completely exposed for their phony advocacy.&#8221;
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/05/14/us-news/house-lawmakers-debate-medicaid-reform-salt-deductions-caps-in-contentious-marathon-markup-sessions-for-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) offered an amendment to increase the SALT deduction cap to $80,000 and pay for it by raising the tax rate on top earners from 37% to 39.6%, but that proposal was rejected by the Ways and Means Committee.
Trump himself seems to be on board with a change.
During the 2024 campaign, Trump <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/17/trump-salt-tax-law.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Truth Social that he would &#8220;get SALT back.&#8221; CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/salt-deduction-trumps-tax-cuts.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that after Trump began his second term, he told Fox News that he would &#8220;love to see something happen on SALT.&#8221;
Lawmakers will now have to negotiate a resolution before the tax package is added to other parts of the &#8220;one big, beautiful bill&#8221; and a final vote by the full House. Republicans have a <a href="https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">220-213 majority</a>, meaning there can only be a few defectors for the bill to pass if all Democrats vote against it.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reportedly <a href="https://x.com/thehill/status/1922650573746082114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">predicted</a> that Republicans would need until the weekend to reach a deal on SALT. He&#8217;s been gunning to have the House finish up with the overall spending bill by Memorial Day.
&#8220;We have a delicate balance to maintain to get 218 votes on one of the largest and most comprehensive and complex pieces of legislation that&#8217;s ever been drafted by Congress,&#8221; Johnson said, per a <a href="https://x.com/mychaelschnell/status/1922654897213673641" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X from a congressional journalist. &#8220;So yeah, my concern is always the vote total, but I&#8217;m very confident that we&#8217;ll be able to deliver that.&#8221;

President Trump

This Tax Deduction Cap Threatens To Derail Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’

California

Elise Stefanik

New Jersey

New York

Each year, migrants send tens of billions of dollars out of the United States — often landing in cartel coffers.
That may be good for migrants and drug lords, but it&#8217;s bad for the American economy. That&#8217;s why Congress is considering a new tax on money flowing out of the country. Advocates say the tax would penalize illegal immigration, impose new costs on criminal networks, and increase government revenue, all without impacting Americans&#8217; wallets.
Remittance outflows from the United States — when migrants send money back to their countries of origin — have steadily increased in recent years. <a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/global-remittances-guide">Data</a> from the Migration Policy Institute reveal that just over $66 billion was sent out of the American economy in 2020. That number climbed to $73.7 billion in 2021 and $81.6 billion in 2022. By 2023, remittance outflows hit nearly $86 billion.
Now, a five percent remittance tax, which is included in President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-gets-no-tax-on-tips-and-overtime">big, beautiful bill</a>,&#8221; could penalize illegal immigration, punish cartels, and create a new revenue stream for the American government.
Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) Media Director Ira Mehlman told The Daily Wire that a tax on remittances would recoup some of the money that is, in effect, exported out of the American economy.
“Many illegal aliens are working off-the-books, and therefore, no payroll taxes have been collected. Taxing the money as it leaves the country would be a way to recoup some of that revenue loss,” Mehlman said. “Even in cases where the money earned is being taxed, large-scale transfers of money to other countries have a negative impact on the American economy. Remittances essentially export money from our economy.”
“That is money that is not being spent locally, generating revenues such as sales tax, or creating new jobs in local economies,” he added.
But migrants transferring money to family members in their home countries aren’t the only ones sending money out of the American economy. Mehlman warned that cartels are known to launder drug money back to Mexico, allowing the transnational criminal enterprises to fund their smuggling operations.
He cited one Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/mexico-drugs-remittances/">investigation</a> that found that the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Cartels recruited Mexican citizens and illegal aliens in the United States to launder the illicit funds, and that cartel drug money could make up 10 percent of all remittances to Mexico. The increase in total remittances, the investigation says, has allowed the laundered funds to blend in and fly under the radar.
“Placing a fee on remittances is crucial because the more money that is smuggled back into Mexico, the stronger the cartels become,” Mehlman told The Daily Wire.
So far, Oklahoma is the only state that has implemented a remittance fee. The state charges a 1% fee on wire transfers out of the country. State residents who pay their income tax are reimbursed for any fees they incur by wiring money through a tax credit. But those who do not pay taxes, including many illegal aliens, receive no such reimbursement, allowing the state to pull in <a href="https://cis.org/North/Oklahoma-Again-Reports-Increase-Taxes-Wired-Remittances">over $10 million</a> a year.
Congressman Kevin Hern (R-OK) <a href="https://hern.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=638">introduced</a> a federal bill modeled after his state’s legislation during the 2022 legislative session. He <a href="https://hern.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=886">reintroduced</a> his bill in 2023, with the support of then-Senator JD Vance, who introduced an accompanying bill in the upper chamber. The legislation would have imposed a 5% charge on outgoing wire transfers, and directed the proceeds to be used for border security measures. The bill similarly offered tax credits for those who paid the fee, allowing taxpayers to receive reimbursement.
Hern, who serves as the Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, told The Daily Wire that the legislative effort was an attempt to employ “every avenue available to target cartel activity and keep our people safe.”
“The cash flow from illegal immigrants in the States to their cartel partners in Mexico, Venezuela, and other countries is massive,” Hern said to The Daily Wire. It’s a two-fold win: remittance fees will help slow down the flow of those dollars to the cartels and will also create a new revenue source we can use to build the wall and secure our border.”
If Trump&#8217;s budget bill is passed as written, anyone sending money out of the country would have to pay a 5% tax. The only untaxed remittances would be those sent through a qualified transfer provider, which would be required to prove to the United States government that it authenticates the citizenship status of senders. American citizens who incur a tax on remittance payments would receive a refund in the form of a tax credit, just as Oklahomans do under current state law.
A remittance tax has also garnered the support of the America First Policy Institute, which <a href="https://americafirstpolicy.com/issues/state-legislative-priority-international-wire-transfer-fees2">says </a>that the measure “deters illegal immigration and trafficking networks.”
“Imposing a fee on outgoing wire transfers makes it less desirable for illegal aliens or smuggling and trafficking networks to remain in the state,” the group wrote in a policy brief. The organization also touted a fee on remittances as an effective tool to recoup lost tax revenue.
“In many instances, the wages illegal aliens receive working unlawfully in the country is untaxed income which financially harms states. Illegal aliens also may consume other state benefits like education for their children and medical care without paying into the system,” America First Policy Institute asserted. “This fee partially recoups some of the lost state revenue caused by illegal immigration in the state.”
Mehlman explained that the policy would be most effective at discouraging illegal immigration if it is paired with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-one-simple-trick-that-could-lead-illegal-immigrants-to-self-deport?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=27&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=The+One+Simple+Trick+That+Could+Lead+Illegal+Immigrants+To+Self-Deport">national E-Verify mandate</a>, which would seek to prevent illegal aliens from gaining employment in the United States.
“The biggest incentive to illegal immigration is the ability to work here at a higher wage and send money home to family members,” he explained.
“The problem has been powerful business lobbies that have fought mandatory E-Verify because illegal immigration has become a source of subsidized labor for them — they get a low-wage worker, similarly skilled American workers lose out on jobs and wages, and everyone else bears the true costs of having large numbers of illegal aliens in our society.”

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