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Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill' Suffers Blow
A new poll found that most people believe that President Donald Trump's signature spending bill will primarily benefit wealthy individuals while harming middle-class and low-income individuals.
The more than 1,000-page One Big Beautiful Bill, which includes about $4.9 trillion in tax breaks, budget cuts, and new work requirements for Medicaid, among other budgetary changes, passed 215-214 in the House last month following weeks of negotiations. RepublicansThomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio voted against it, joining every House Democrat.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the bill will add $2.4 trillion to the U.S. national debt. It also stated that the legislation reduces taxes by $3.75 trillion.
The poll comes as the bill is being debated in the Senate and as Elon Musk spoke out against it, sparking a feud with Trump.
According to the CBS News/YouGov poll, 47 percent of respondents believe the One Big Beautiful Bill will hurt middle-class individuals, while 31 percent think it will benefit them. The poll also found that 54 percent of those surveyed believe the bill will hurt poor people, while 31 percent think it will help them.
At the same time, 60 percent of respondents believe the bill will benefit wealthy individuals, and 7 percent think it will hurt them.
The poll of 2,428 adults was conducted between June 4 and June 6 and has a margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points.
Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, told Fox News at the end of May: "We will get it done. Now, it's going to be bumpy, it's going to be messy. But we will get it done because it is the main vehicle for us to deliver on the mandate from the voters."
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said in a statement: "The Congressional Budget Office just confirmed that Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is, in Elon Musk's words, a 'disgusting abomination.' This independent analysis blows a hole through Congressional Republicans' lies—this bill will rip health care away from millions of people and still jack up the debt to fund trillions in tax breaks for billionaires and billionaire corporations."
President Donald Trump, on Truth Social: "It's time for our friends in the United States Senate to get to work, and send this Bill to my desk AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!"
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the bill a "reckless, regressive and reprehensible GOP tax scam," and vowed to use it against Republicans in the upcoming midterm election cycle.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, at a press conference: "This is a big day. We said on the House floor: It's finally morning in America again."
He added: "Today, the House has passed generational, truly nation-shaping legislation to reduce spending and permanently lower taxes for families and job-creators, secure the border, unleash American energy dominance, restore peace through strength and make government work more efficiently and effectively for all Americans."
The bill is headed to the Senate, where changes are expected as legislators aim for a July 4 deadline. The chamber has a 53-47 Republican majority, so it needs near unanimity for the bill to pass.
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