House Republicans are ready to vote on President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill early Thursday after staying up all night with GOP leaders and the president himself working to persuade skeptical holdouts to drop their opposition by his Fourth of July deadline.
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries seized a leader’s prerogative for unlimited debate and has been speaking against the bill for hours. But Democrats lack the votes in Congress to stop Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” So Jeffries’ speech is really about framing the GOP effort ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as “an all-out assault on the American people.”
Trump’s 800-plus page package is a defining measure of his return to the White House. Read what’s in the full bill for yourself.
In case it’s not obvious, Democrats are a ‘Hell No!’ on Trump’s bill, Jeffries says
If Jeffries’ long-form speech wasn’t enough to communicate the Democrats’ uniform opposition to Trump’s policy priorities, the House Speaker is summing it up in two words: “Hell no!”
More than eight hours into his opposing presentation, Jeffries said that despite the president’s rhetoric about helping Americans in their daily lives, “not a single thing in Donald Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill will meaningfully make life more affordable for everyday Americans.”
“We were a ‘Hell No!’ last week, a ‘Hell No!’ this week, a ‘Hell No!’ yesterday, a ‘Hell No!’ today, and we’ll continue to be a ‘Hell No!’ on this effort to hurt the American people.”
As his volume rose, Jeffries’ fellow Democrats joined his “Hell No!” refrain. And then they laughed at his conclusion: “I know, for the record, Mom, ‘hell’ is in the Bible.”
The chamber has been mostly empty during Jeffries speech
For those watching Jeffries speech online or on TV, the rows of clapping and nodding Democrats behind the House minority speaker may give the impression that the chamber is filled with representatives attentively tuned in.
Not so.
Aside from those few rows of Democrats positioned into view for the TV cameras, the chamber, particularly the Republican side, has been mostly empty. So while Jeffries is calling out specific Republicans over their support of the bill, his main audience is people watching from home.
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