Nevada lawmakers are reacting after the House passed President Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill after staying up all night with GOP leaders and the president himself working to persuade skeptical holdouts.
Thursday's vote was 218-214, with two Republicans joining all Democrats opposed - Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
Nevada Republican Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) voted for the bill, releasing this statement:
“The House of Representatives delivered on its promise to rein in out-of-control spending, unleash American energy dominance, drive economic growth, and secure our borders after 4 years of mismanagement under the previous administration.
“While the talking heads will try to have you believe that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is only a handout to the wealthy, the truth is this historic piece of legislation was crafted with everyday, working-class Americans and their families at the forefront..."
Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) voted against the bill.
“Taking from the needy to give to the greedy isn’t leadership – it’s cruelty. But if we want a country where hard work is rewarded, we need to fight for it. If we want the American people to have affordable healthcare, food on the table, and the opportunity to live with dignity, we need to fight for it. And if we want a country that we are proud to leave our next generation, then we need to fight for it.
“Republicans are clear about who they’re fighting for. They just added $5 trillion to our national debt and gutted support for the most vulnerable among us, all to pay off their campaign donors.
“There is no spin for the human suffering they’re causing. This is Robinhood in reverse, and Republicans would be wise to remember that they won’t have the last word here – the American people will, on Election Day.”
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York delayed voting by holding the floor for more than eight hours with a record-breaking speech against the bill.
“We have a big job to finish,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. “With one big beautiful bill we are going to make this country stronger, safer and more prosperous than ever before.”
At its core: $4.5 trillion in tax breaks enacted in Trump's first term in 2017 that would expire if Congress failed to act, along with new ones. This includes allowing workers to deduct tips and overtime pay, and a $6,000 deduction for most older adults earning less than $75,000 a year.
It provides some $350 billion for national security, Trump's deportation agenda and development of the “Golden Dome” defensive system over the United States.
To help offset the costs of lost tax revenue, the package has $1.2 trillion in cutbacks to the Medicaid health care and food stamps, largely by imposing new work requirements, including for some parents and older people, and a massive rollback of green energy investments.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates the proposal will add $3.3 trillion to the nation's debt over the decade and 11.8 million more people will go without health coverage.
"This was a generational opportunity to deliver the most comprehensive and consequential set of conservative reforms in modern history, and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” said Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, the House Budget Committee chairman.
The Senate passed the package days earlier with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie vote. The slim majority in the House left Republicans little room for defections.
After Thursday's vote, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released this statement:
“This extreme and cruel bill will rip away health care coverage from more than 114,000 Nevadans, cut food assistance from families that need it most, and kill good-paying clean energy jobs in our state just so Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans can give billionaires more tax cuts,” said Senator Rosen. “I’m particularly appalled that this monstrosity of a bill will gut funding for rural hospitals across the nation, including in Nevada. This is one of the worst betrayals of working families in favor of the ultra-wealthy in generations — and we won’t forget it.”
Republicans in Congress just voted to put billionaires like Trump and his friends ahead of working-class Americans.
— Senator Cortez Masto (@SenCortezMasto) July 3, 2025
They’ve cut Medicaid and threatened everything from school lunches to good-paying union jobs, all to give out tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy. It’s an unbelievable…
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