House passes Trump-backed bill, tightening his grip on the Republican Party despite backlash over debt and cuts to Medicaid.

Just two Republican members of the House voted against President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill that was received final congressional approval on Thursday afternoon. Massie was among the first Republicans to oppose the bill and spent the week speaking out against it.

Texas Republicans were divided but ultimately pivotal in helping President Donald Trump’s "Big Beautiful" Bill clear the U.S. House on Thursday. The bill passed in a narrow 218–214 vote, and despite vocal criticism from within the Texas GOP delegation, all 25 Texas Republican representatives—and both senators—voted in favor.