AIHouse Budget Committee reports the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

House Rules and Floor ProcedureHouse Budget · 2025-05-19 · 119th Congress
The House Budget Committee reconvened late Sunday night, May 18–19, 2025, to resume markup of the reconciliation bill implementing the FY2025 budget resolution, after a prior markup session had failed to advance the bill the previous Friday. Begins at 0:34:53
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House Budget Committee reports the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

Purpose

The House Budget Committee reconvened late Sunday night, May 18–19, 2025, to resume markup of the reconciliation bill implementing the FY2025 budget resolution, after a prior markup session had failed to advance the bill the previous Friday. Members debated procedural questions about undisclosed side agreements and a missing CBO score before voting to reconsider and then favorably report the bill, followed by votes on several Democratic motions to instruct. Begins at0:34:53

Who spoke

Chairman (Jodey Arrington, R-TX)0:34:53: Opened the markup, apologized for the delayed schedule0:34:53, said deliberations on the bill would continue through the week up to House floor consideration0:36:42, stated any changes would appear in a manager's amendment0:37:110:41:20, and noted no formal or final changes had been made to the bill being voted on0:45:42.

Ranking Member Brendan Boyle (D-PA)0:35:21: Raised parliamentary inquiries asking whether side agreements reached over the weekend would be disclosed to members0:35:470:36:15, pressed for transparency on any changes before the vote0:37:11, and asked when a CBO score would be available for the bill and its changes0:38:130:38:38.

Vice Chairman Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)0:41:48: Moved to reconsider the vote to report the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to the House0:41:48.

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC)0:42:16: Initially voted present on reconsideration, citing excitement about "the changes we've made" without specifying them0:42:16, then changed his vote to yes0:43:16, and later voted present again on final passage0:46:43.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX)0:42:16: Asked how Mr. Norman was recorded during the roll call0:42:16, and voted present on final passage0:46:43.

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)0:45:14: Asked whether CBO had estimated how many people would lose SNAP benefits or how many children would lose school lunch certification under the bill, citing a CBO estimate of 3 million fewer SNAP participants0:45:140:45:42.

Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) [0:52:10 area / motion at 0:49:42]: Offered a motion to instruct (motion number one)0:49:42; during roll call described her motion as intended "to protect Medicaid"0:51:12.

Rep. Gabe Amo (D-RI)0:51:39: Offered a motion to instruct the chairman to seek a rule allowing an amendment implementing President Trump's request to raise the income tax rate for millionaires0:52:10.

Rep. John McGarvey (D-KY)0:54:06: Offered a motion to instruct the chairman to seek a rule striking bill sections CBO estimated would reduce SNAP participation0:54:35.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)0:56:33: Offered a motion to instruct the chairman to seek a point of order barring use of a "current policy baseline" to score future amendments or conference reports0:56:33; the chairman noted he found her similar prior motion "compelling"0:57:04.

Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)0:53:39: Commented during roll call on the Jayapal-related SNAP/tax motion, questioning why it didn't include billionaires0:53:39.

Clerk0:41:48: Conducted all roll call votes and reported tallies throughout the session0:44:440:48:470:51:390:54:060:56:060:58:33.

Key moments

Boyle asked directly whether members would see details of weekend "side agreements" before voting; the chairman said he was not disclosing deliberations and any changes would appear in a manager's amendment0:35:470:37:11.

Boyle noted the committee lacked a CBO score for the bill or its changes; the chairman said he would look into timing but committed scores would be disclosed before the floor vote0:38:130:38:38.

The chairman contrasted this process with the prior reconciliation bill under Democratic control, saying that bill never came through committee for a substantive budget resolution, only a "shell"0:39:340:40:04.

The motion to reconsider passed 21–16, with Rep. Norman initially voting "present" while citing satisfaction about unspecified "changes we've made" before switching his vote to yes0:42:160:43:160:44:44.

Scott stated CBO estimated at least one policy in the bill would cut SNAP participation by 3 million people and asked for updated estimates on hunger and school lunch impacts; the chairman replied "we debated this fully" and moved on0:45:140:46:10.

The committee voted 17–16–4 to favorably report the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to the House, with Norman, Roy, Clyde, and Been recorded as present rather than yes or no0:48:47.

Four Democratic motions to instruct — from Balint (protecting Medicaid), Amo (millionaire tax rate), McGarvey (striking SNAP cuts), and Jayapal (barring current-policy baseline scoring) — each failed by a 16–21 party-line vote0:51:390:54:060:56:060:58:33.

In closing, the chairman said the bill represented "a critical step to passing the one big beautiful bill act and making President Trump's America First vision a reality"0:59:28.

Boyle closed by citing an expected CBO estimate that at least 13,700,000 Americans would lose health care coverage because of the bill, which he called "a bill for billionaires"1:00:00.

Metadata

Official titleContinued consideration of a bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, H. Con. Res. 14.
CommitteeHouse Budget
Chamber / CongressHouse · 119th Congress
Date2025-05-19
TypeMarkup
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Transcript54 caption blocks · 4,110 words · 1:00:33 runtime
EventCongress.gov 118295