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On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, it is known as H.R. 1.

You may have heard of it by a different name – ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill.’

Introduced on Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s 1,116-page bill “reduces taxes, reduces or increases spending for various federal programs, increases the statutory debt limit, and otherwise addresses agencies and programs throughout the federal government.”

Republicans love it. Democrats hate it.

The bill is soooo large, according to Congress.gov, “Loading the XML/HTML in a new window (2MB) may take several minutes or possibly cause your browser to become unresponsive.”

A House vote is scheduled for Thursday, but members of the conservative Freedom Caucus have demanded more changes. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that “if the legislation was enacted, U.S. households, on average, would see an increase in the resources provided to them by the government over the 2026-34 period. The changes would not be evenly distributed among households. The agency estimates that in general, resources would decrease for households in the lowest decile (tenth) of the income distribution, whereas resources would increase for households in the highest decile.”

The CBO reported that the effects include:

  • An increase in the federal deficit of $3.8 trillion attributable to tax changes, including extending provisions of the 2017 tax act, which includes revenues and outlays for refundable credits.
  • $698 billion less in federal subsidies from changes to the Medicaid program.
  • $267 billion less in federal spending for SNAP.
  • $64 billion less in spending, on net, for all other purposes. That includes increases in outlays for defense, immigration enforcement, and homeland security. Those are offset by reductions in federal pensions, receipts from spectrum auctions, and changes in receipts and outlays associated with changes to emissions regulations.
  • $78 billion in additional state spending, on net, accounting for changes in state contributions to SNAP and Medicaid and for state tax and spending policies necessary to finance additional spending.

 

Penn Wharton has created a budget model that shows the “Distributional Effects of House Budget Reconciliation as of Thursday, May 15,” while the Tax Policy Center has distributed a tax model analysis on the Preliminary Ways and Means Committee Bill. And the Tax Foundation released its “State Implications of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”

USA TODAY has identified what it believes to be the winners and losers if the bill passes.

Winners

  1. High-Income Earners
  2. Families with Children
  3. Car Buyers
  4. Those with Overtime Pay
  5. Waiters and Workers who Get Tips

 

Losers

  1. Those making less than $50,000
  2. SNAP/Medicaid recipients
  3. People with student loan debt
  4. Higher federal deficit
  5. Undocumented people

 

Republicans hold a 220-112 majority in the chamber, but the caucus only expects to lose only one member – Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

Where does the Pennsylvania House delegation stand on H.R. 1?

 

Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-11)

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-06)

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-05)

Rep. Scott Perry (R-10)

Rep. Summer Lee (D-12)

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-02)

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-14) reposted

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-17)

Rep. Dan Meuser (R-09)

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-04)

Rep. Dwight Evans (D-03) reposted

Other Pennsylvania Voices

Sen. John Fetterman (D)

State Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R)

 

 

On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, it is known as H.R. 1.

You may have heard of it by a different name – ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill.’

Introduced on Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s 1,116-page bill “reduces taxes, reduces or increases spending for various federal programs, increases the statutory debt limit, and otherwise addresses agencies and programs throughout the federal government.”

Republicans love it. Democrats hate it.

The bill is soooo large, according to Congress.gov, “Loading the XML/HTML in a new window (2MB) may take several minutes or possibly cause your browser to become unresponsive.”

A House vote is scheduled for Thursday, but members of the conservative Freedom Caucus have demanded more changes. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that “if the legislation was enacted, U.S. households, on average, would see an increase in the resources provided to them by the government over the 2026-34 period. The changes would not be evenly distributed among households. The agency estimates that in general, resources would decrease for households in the lowest decile (tenth) of the income distribution, whereas resources would increase for households in the highest decile.”

The CBO reported that the effects include:

  • An increase in the federal deficit of $3.8 trillion attributable to tax changes, including extending provisions of the 2017 tax act, which includes revenues and outlays for refundable credits.
  • $698 billion less in federal subsidies from changes to the Medicaid program.
  • $267 billion less in federal spending for SNAP.
  • $64 billion less in spending, on net, for all other purposes. That includes increases in outlays for defense, immigration enforcement, and homeland security. Those are offset by reductions in federal pensions, receipts from spectrum auctions, and changes in receipts and outlays associated with changes to emissions regulations.
  • $78 billion in additional state spending, on net, accounting for changes in state contributions to SNAP and Medicaid and for state tax and spending policies necessary to finance additional spending.

 

Penn Wharton has created a budget model that shows the “Distributional Effects of House Budget Reconciliation as of Thursday, May 15,” while the Tax Policy Center has distributed a tax model analysis on the Preliminary Ways and Means Committee Bill. And the Tax Foundation released its “State Implications of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”

USA TODAY has identified what it believes to be the winners and losers if the bill passes.

Winners

  1. High-Income Earners
  2. Families with Children
  3. Car Buyers
  4. Those with Overtime Pay
  5. Waiters and Workers who Get Tips

 

Losers

  1. Those making less than $50,000
  2. SNAP/Medicaid recipients
  3. People with student loan debt
  4. Higher federal deficit
  5. Undocumented people

 

Republicans hold a 220-112 majority in the chamber, but the caucus only expects to lose only one member – Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

Where does the Pennsylvania House delegation stand on H.R. 1?

 

Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-11)

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-06)

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-05)

Rep. Scott Perry (R-10)

Rep. Summer Lee (D-12)

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-02)

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-14) reposted

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-17)

Rep. Dan Meuser (R-09)

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-04)

Rep. Dwight Evans (D-03) reposted

Other Pennsylvania Voices

Sen. John Fetterman (D)

State Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R)

 

 

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On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, it is known as H.R. 1.

You may have heard of it by a different name – ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill.’

Introduced on Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s 1,116-page bill “reduces taxes, reduces or increases spending for various federal programs, increases the statutory debt limit, and otherwise addresses agencies and programs throughout the federal government.”

Republicans love it. Democrats hate it.

The bill is soooo large, according to Congress.gov, “Loading the XML/HTML in a new window (2MB) may take several minutes or possibly cause your browser to become unresponsive.”

A House vote is scheduled for Thursday, but members of the conservative Freedom Caucus have demanded more changes. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that “if the legislation was enacted, U.S. households, on average, would see an increase in the resources provided to them by the government over the 2026-34 period. The changes would not be evenly distributed among households. The agency estimates that in general, resources would decrease for households in the lowest decile (tenth) of the income distribution, whereas resources would increase for households in the highest decile.”

The CBO reported that the effects include:

  • An increase in the federal deficit of $3.8 trillion attributable to tax changes, including extending provisions of the 2017 tax act, which includes revenues and outlays for refundable credits.
  • $698 billion less in federal subsidies from changes to the Medicaid program.
  • $267 billion less in federal spending for SNAP.
  • $64 billion less in spending, on net, for all other purposes. That includes increases in outlays for defense, immigration enforcement, and homeland security. Those are offset by reductions in federal pensions, receipts from spectrum auctions, and changes in receipts and outlays associated with changes to emissions regulations.
  • $78 billion in additional state spending, on net, accounting for changes in state contributions to SNAP and Medicaid and for state tax and spending policies necessary to finance additional spending.

 

Penn Wharton has created a budget model that shows the “Distributional Effects of House Budget Reconciliation as of Thursday, May 15,” while the Tax Policy Center has distributed a tax model analysis on the Preliminary Ways and Means Committee Bill. And the Tax Foundation released its “State Implications of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”

USA TODAY has identified what it believes to be the winners and losers if the bill passes.

Winners

  1. High-Income Earners
  2. Families with Children
  3. Car Buyers
  4. Those with Overtime Pay
  5. Waiters and Workers who Get Tips

 

Losers

  1. Those making less than $50,000
  2. SNAP/Medicaid recipients
  3. People with student loan debt
  4. Higher federal deficit
  5. Undocumented people

 

Republicans hold a 220-112 majority in the chamber, but the caucus only expects to lose only one member – Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

Where does the Pennsylvania House delegation stand on H.R. 1?

 

Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-11)

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-06)

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-05)

Rep. Scott Perry (R-10)

Rep. Summer Lee (D-12)

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-02)

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-14) reposted

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-17)

Rep. Dan Meuser (R-09)

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-04)

Rep. Dwight Evans (D-03) reposted

Other Pennsylvania Voices

Sen. John Fetterman (D)

State Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R)

 

 

On the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, it is known as H.R. 1.

You may have heard of it by a different name – ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill.’

Introduced on Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s 1,116-page bill “reduces taxes, reduces or increases spending for various federal programs, increases the statutory debt limit, and otherwise addresses agencies and programs throughout the federal government.”

Republicans love it. Democrats hate it.

The bill is soooo large, according to Congress.gov, “Loading the XML/HTML in a new window (2MB) may take several minutes or possibly cause your browser to become unresponsive.”

A House vote is scheduled for Thursday, but members of the conservative Freedom Caucus have demanded more changes. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that “if the legislation was enacted, U.S. households, on average, would see an increase in the resources provided to them by the government over the 2026-34 period. The changes would not be evenly distributed among households. The agency estimates that in general, resources would decrease for households in the lowest decile (tenth) of the income distribution, whereas resources would increase for households in the highest decile.”

The CBO reported that the effects include:

  • An increase in the federal deficit of $3.8 trillion attributable to tax changes, including extending provisions of the 2017 tax act, which includes revenues and outlays for refundable credits.
  • $698 billion less in federal subsidies from changes to the Medicaid program.
  • $267 billion less in federal spending for SNAP.
  • $64 billion less in spending, on net, for all other purposes. That includes increases in outlays for defense, immigration enforcement, and homeland security. Those are offset by reductions in federal pensions, receipts from spectrum auctions, and changes in receipts and outlays associated with changes to emissions regulations.
  • $78 billion in additional state spending, on net, accounting for changes in state contributions to SNAP and Medicaid and for state tax and spending policies necessary to finance additional spending.

 

Penn Wharton has created a budget model that shows the “Distributional Effects of House Budget Reconciliation as of Thursday, May 15,” while the Tax Policy Center has distributed a tax model analysis on the Preliminary Ways and Means Committee Bill. And the Tax Foundation released its “State Implications of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.”

USA TODAY has identified what it believes to be the winners and losers if the bill passes.

Winners

  1. High-Income Earners
  2. Families with Children
  3. Car Buyers
  4. Those with Overtime Pay
  5. Waiters and Workers who Get Tips

 

Losers

  1. Those making less than $50,000
  2. SNAP/Medicaid recipients
  3. People with student loan debt
  4. Higher federal deficit
  5. Undocumented people

 

Republicans hold a 220-112 majority in the chamber, but the caucus only expects to lose only one member – Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

Where does the Pennsylvania House delegation stand on H.R. 1?

 

Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-11)

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-06)

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-05)

Rep. Scott Perry (R-10)

Rep. Summer Lee (D-12)

Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-02)

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-14) reposted

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-17)

Rep. Dan Meuser (R-09)

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-04)

Rep. Dwight Evans (D-03) reposted

Other Pennsylvania Voices

Sen. John Fetterman (D)

State Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R)

 

 

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