United States (US) President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law his sweeping tax cut and spending package, what he’s called the “Big, Beautiful Bill,” in a Fourth of July ceremony packed with patriotic activities.
The ceremony at the White House, which took place along with a military picnic, encompassed an armed forces flyover and was attended by jubilant Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, both of Louisiana, who helped push the legislation through their chamber on Thursday by a very slim margin.
Before signing the Bill, Trump said, “our country has had so much to celebrate this Independence Day as we enter our 249th year. America’s winning, winning, winning like never before.
“We have officially made the Trump tax cuts permanent. That’s the largest tax cut in the history of our country. We’re setting all sorts of economic records right now, and that’s before this kicks in. After this kicks in, our country is going to be a rocket ship, economically.”
On Tuesday, the Senate passed the bill on a 51-50 vote, with Vice President JD Vance needed to break the tie.
That sent the bill to the House, which passed it on a mostly party-line vote of 218-214 Thursday, just a day before Trump’s July Fourth deadline.
A B-2 Spirit bomber, accompanied by two F-35 jets, flew over the White House, as a band played the national anthem, in honor of the U.S. strike on nuclear facilities in Iran last month. The pilots who partook in those strikes, Operation Midnight Hammer, were invited to the event by Trump.
Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader, said on Thursday, “Not a single thing in Donald Trump’s one big, ugly bill will meaningfully make life more affordable for everyday Americans, and that’s just one of several reasons why House Democrats are hell no on this legislation.”
Photo: President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” after he signed it, at the White House in Washington, D.C., July 4, 2025. Leah Millis/Reuters
