Trump signs his tax and spending cut bill at the White House July 4 picnic

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Thursday July in Des Moines Iowa AP Photo Charlie Neibergall AP Charlie Neibergall President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Thursday July in Des Moines Iowa AP Photo Charlie Neibergall AP Charlie Neibergall WASHINGTON AP President Donald Trump signed his package of tax breaks and spending cuts into law Friday in front of Fourth of July picnickers after his cajoling produced almost unanimous Republican patronage in Congress for the domestic priority that could cement his second-term legacy Flanked by Republican legislators and members of his Cabinet Trump signed the multitrillion-dollar statute at a desk on the White House driveway then banged down a gavel gifted to him by House Speaker Mike Johnson that was used during the bill s final passage Thursday Against odds that at times seemed improbable Trump achieved his goal of celebrating a historic and divisive legislative mastery in time for the nation s birthday which also was his self-imposed deadline for Congress to send the bill to his desk Fighter jets and stealth bombers streaked through the sky over the annual White House Fourth of July picnic America s winning winning winning like never before Trump revealed noting last month s bombing campaign against Iran s nuclear undertaking which he explained the flyover was meant to honor Promises made promises kept and we ve kept them The White House was hung with red white and blue bunting for the Independence Day festivities The U S Marine Band played patriotic marches and in a typical Trumpian touch tunes by s pop icons Chaka Khan and Huey Lewis There were three separate flyovers Trump spoke for a relatively brief minutes before signing the bill but was clearly energized as the measure s passage topped a latest winning streak for his administration That included the Iran campaign and a series of U S Supreme Court rulingshe s fought for After dark chants of USA USA rose from the picnic crowd on the South Lawn when Trump and the first lady Melania appeared on the Truman Balcony to watch the fireworks They danced to Y M C A and waved goodbye to the crowd before they left for their home in New Jersey The budget act is the president s highest-profile win yet It includes key campaign pledges like no tax on tips or Social Measure income Trump who spent an uncommon amount of time thanking individual Republican lawmakers who shepherded the measure through Congress contended our country is going to be a rocket ship economically because of the regulation Big cuts to Medicaid and food stamps Critics assailed the package as a giveaway to the rich that will rob millions more lower-income people of their medical insurance food assistance and financial stability Currently Donald Trump signed into law the worst job-killing bill in American history It will rip healthcare care from million workers to pay for massive tax giveaways to the wealthy and big corporations amounting to the country s largest money grab from the working class to the ultra-rich AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler disclosed in a announcement Every member of Congress who voted for this devastating bill picked the pockets of working people to hand billionaires a trillion gift The regulation extends Trump s multitrillion-dollar tax cuts and cuts Medicaid and food stamps by trillion It provides for a massive increase in immigration enforcement Congress nonpartisan scorekeeper projects that nearly million more people will lose medical insurance under the law The measure passed the House on a largely party-line vote Thursday culminating a monthslong push by the GOP to cram preponderance of its legislative priorities into a single budget bill that could be enacted without Senate Democrats being able to block it indefinitely by filibustering It passed by a single vote in the Senate where North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis released he would not run for reelection after incurring Trump s wrath in opposing it Vance had to cast the tie-breaking vote In the House where two Republicans voted against it one conservative maverick Tom Massie of Kentucky has also become a target of Trump s well-funded political operation No Democrats voted for the bill The ordinance amounts to a repudiation of the agendas of the past two Democratic presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden in rolling back Obama s Medicaid expansion under his signature fitness law and Biden s tax credits for renewable ability The Congressional Budget Office estimates the package will add trillion to the deficit over the decade and million more people will go without wellness coverage Democrats vow to make bill a midterm issue Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin on Friday called the bill devastating and reported in a declaration that Trump s signature on the bill sealed the fate of the Republican Party cementing them as the party for billionaires and special interests not working families He predicted Republicans would lose their majority in Congress over it This was a full betrayal of the American people Martin stated Trump complained Friday about Democrats opposing the bill and we knew that because their hatred of either the country or me or both is so great they didn t vote at all and it s terrible He noted their standard line is to say Republican regulation is dangerous or everybody s going to die and we can t let them get away with it With his bill Trump mentioned it s authentically just the opposite everybody s going to live And I just want you to know if you see anything negative put out by Democrats it s all a con job Trump reported defending a package that now is law Speaking in Iowa on Thursday night Trump commented Democrats hate Trump but I hate them too The package is certain to be a flashpoint in next year s midterm elections and Democrats are making ambitious plans for rallies voter registration drives attack ads bus tours and even a multiday vigil all intended to highlight the largest part controversial elements Upon his return to Washington early Friday Trump described the package as very popular though polling suggests that general opinion is mixed at best For example a Washington Post Ipsos poll unveiled that majorities of U S adults backing increasing the annual child tax credit and eliminating taxes on earnings from tips and about half backing work requirements for chosen adults who receive Medicaid But the poll exposed majorities oppose reducing federal funding for food assistance to low-income families and spending about billion to build and maintain migrant detention centers About stated it was unacceptable that the bill is expected to increase the trillion U S debt by more than trillion over the next decade Source