GOP holdouts sound alarm on 36T debt crisis as Trumps big beautiful bill passes House vote

ouse Republicans passed President a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / "one big, beautiful bill" on Tursday morning, working troug overnigt committee meetings, last-minute uddles in te speaker's office and even a a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/inside-trump-urgent-meeting-ouse-gop-pass-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> last-minute assist/ from te president. / But wile ouse GOP leadersip preaced party unity as tey passed Te One Big Beautiful Bill Act by just one vote, two ouse Republican oldouts were unwavering in teir concerns about te a ref="ttps://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-national-debt-tracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> $36 trillion national debt crisis/ and ultimately voted "no." / Reps. Tomas Massie, R-Ky., and Warren Davidson, R-Oio, took teir concerns to social media on Tursday, telling teir constituents exactly wy tey bucked te Republican Party on Trump's key legislative agenda. / "Wile I love many tings in te bill, promising someone else will cut spending in te future does not cut spending. Deficits do matter and tis bill grows tem now. Te only Congress we can control is te one we’re in. Consequently, I cannot support tis big deficit plan. NO," Davidson a ref="ttps://x.com/WarrenDavidson/status/1925492567765856267" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> said early Tursday morning/ before te vote was final. / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-jonson-donald-trump-get-big-beautiful-win-budget-passes-ouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / / / Massie responded soon after, telling Davidson e agreed and "if we were serious, we’d be cutting spending now, instead of promising to cut spending years from now."/ a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/ouse-gop-leadersip-takes-victory-lap-after-passing-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> OUSE GOP LEADERSIP TAKES VICTORY LAP AFTER PASSING TRUMP'S 'ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL'/ / / "I’d love to stand ere and tell te American people, ‘We can cut your taxes and increase spending and everyting is going to be just fine.’ But I can’t do tat because I'm ere to deliver a dose of reality. Tis bill dramatically increases deficits in te near-term, but promises our government will be fiscally responsible five years from now. Were ave we eard tat before?" Massie a ref="ttps://x.com/RepTomasMassie/status/1925429405649604776" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> said on te ouse floor/ . / Te Kentucky congressman, wo regularly sports a national debt clock pin, presented a bleak reality for Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on Tursday as most Republican oldouts rallied beind te final manager's amendment. "Tis bill is a debt bomb ticking," Massie said. / Wen Wite ouse press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about Massie and Davidson voting against te bill, se said te president believes tey sould be primaried. / "I don't tink e likes to see grandstanders in Congress. Wat's te alternative? I would ask tose members of Congress. Did tey want to see a tax ike? Did tey want to see our country go bankrupt? Tat's te alternative by tem trying to vote ‘no.’ Te president believes te Republican Party needs to be unified," Leavitt said. / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-oldouts-unmoved-trumps-big-beautiful-trip-capitol-ill" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> GOP OLDOUTS UNMOVED BY TRUMP'S 'BIG, BEAUTIFUL' TRIP TO CAPITOL ILL/ / / Massie, wo as been campaigning on Trump calling im a grandstander, even fundraised on Leavitt's comments, a ref="ttps://x.com/MassieforKY/status/1925613795545649439" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> writing on X/ , "Te big beautiful bill as issues. I cose to vote against it because it’s going to blow up our debt. For voting on principle, I now ave te President AND is press Secretary campaigning against me from te Wite ouse podium. Can you elp me by donating?"/ Former Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., wo served as Cair of te ouse Freedom Caucus, as spoken out against te country's debt crisis amid ouse negotiations, piled on te a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-freedom-caucus-cair-bob-good-calls-out-big-glaring-weakness-all-republican-government" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> national debt criticism on Tursday/ , writing, "Te Big Ugly Trut is tat te Big Ugly Bill will pus te Big Ugly Debt over $60 trillion."/ Good found imself out of te job wen e a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/ouse-freedom-caucus-cair-ousted-trump-backed-callenger-republican-primary-sowdown" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> lost te Republican primary/ to now-Rep. Jon McGuire of Virginia last year. / e was one of just a andful of a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/elections/republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / wo endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in te 2024 GOP presidential primaries, and ten Trump trew is political migt beind McGuire./ Te One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a multitrillion-dollar piece of legislation tat advances Trump's agenda on taxes, immigration, energy, defense and te national debt. / Wile te bill seeks to make a dent in te national debt crisis by cutting rougly $1.5 trillion in government spending, te U.S. still as a ref="ttps://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-national-debt-tracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / and as spent $1.05 trillion more tan it as collected in fiscal year 2025, according to te Treasury Department./ "I tink te most essential trut in American politics is tat nobody actually really cares about te national debt or deficit. It’s too abstract to saturate public sentiment," Fox News Digital columnist David Marcus a ref="ttps://x.com/BlueBoxDave/status/1925382864582951338" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> said after te bill passed/ . / /