Democratic strategists are attempting to make House Republicans pay a political price for backing President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” Thursday, although GOP groups suggest that voters will reject their “fearmongering.

Senate Bill 16 is imperiled after missing a deadline in the House. It was among the most sweeping proof-of-citizenship proposals in the U.S. and would have applied retroactively to all voters.

Raising the debt ceiling is a non-starter for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. He says “I still would support the bill even with wimpy and anemic cuts if they weren’t going to explode the debt. The

The Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee voted 4-11 to defeat a proposal to ban fluoride in public water systems, with the GOP-controlled state Senate having previously voted 24-10 to advance the measure.

Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday signaled that House Republicans are “eager and ready” to formalize the White House’s so-called DOGE cuts as soon as President Donald Trump’s team makes the official request to Congress.

Elon Musk also said the Republican bill, which passed the House last week, would undermine the work of his DOGE group.

California's nine House Republicans voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes cuts to key programs such as Medicaid.

U.S. citizens from accessing federal welfare benefits and programs through a broad set of provisions in its “one big, beautiful bill.” The bill passed the House in late May and is now headed to the Senate,