The Republicans chose to betray moral and economic common sense by ratifying a big and ugly bill from Trump.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-la. , surrounded by Republican lawmakers in Congress, signed a tax relief bill signed by Donald Trump and spent cuts, held Thursday, July 3, 2025 at the Capitol in Washington.
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Before the U.S. House of Representatives approved the legislative monster that Donald Trump was called “a big and beautiful bill”, critics more accurately described it as “a big and ugly bill” in the final congressional debate – Rep. Don Beyer provided moral clarity.
Virginia Democrats said: “From Matthew’s Gospel, they read aloud from the floor of the House:
“I’m thirsty, you gave me a drink.
“I’m a stranger, take me in.
“I’m naked, you put it on me.
“I’m sick, you visited me.
“I’m in prison, you’re here.
“When you did this to the least of my brothers, you did it to me.”
When he finished his Bible reading, Byer said: “Mr. Speaker, the bill before us takes food and drink from the mouth of the poor. It gets health care from the sick. The vote for this bill betrays these gospel teachings, and we all know that.”
Byer is right. Every member of Congress, whether they are liberal or conservative, Democrats or Republicans, knows that the bill was eventually approved Thursday with a 218-214 vote, written in a way:
Both the House and Senate Democrats unanimously opposed the Trump administration’s main domestic policy plan, and they recognize that due to legislation, this will unfold morally and practically disasters. The support of the vast majority of Republicans in the Senate, Vice President JD Vance broke the 50-50 tie vote, and in the House, all other Republican members, who were often ethical, abandoning their consciences in order to bid for Trump.
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Congressional Republicans have gone to great lengths to debate everything outside of the bill. They don’t want to face at least the moral implications of what siblings do. But the facts are inevitable. Twenty American Catholic bishops and leaders of the Sisters of Mercy community of Roman Catholic women joined Lutheran, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Baptist, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Muslim, and Jewish faith leaders in signing a letter to members of Congress that warned about the ways in which the measure targets asylum-seekers and refundes—and the faith communities that serve them—by causing chaos and By driving the working poor people are more deeply trapped in poverty.
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“According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the bill transfers wealth with the lowest income of 10% to the top 10% of our country’s income, which increases the already large gap between the rich and the poor. In our opinion, this is the treatment of those who need support the most.
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