House Republicans are quickly approaching the transition of a wide packet of tax policy and tax policy of President Donald Donald Donald – potentially without the facilitate of one member: American representative Brian Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick, a moderate, which represents the Bucks County, was one of the handful of Republicans who voted against procedural vote to move the law forward on Wednesday evening. He was the only republican “no” so as not to reverse this vote in the early morning hours as negotiations. The Chamber voted 219-213 to go to the final debate.
All democrats voted against procedural vote. On Thursday morning, the house was to start voting on the full bill. It is not clear whether Fitzpatrick will operate it, but it probably looks like a chamber.
Fitzpatrick’s vote against the progress of the law surprised many Republican colleagues, because he publicly did not issue doubts or care, and was not actively lobbyed by the management of GOP.
Accounts again reduce Trump taxes, increases defense, energy production and limit security expenses, and reduces federal expenses on Medicaid and a program supplementing the nutrition assistance program, also known Like snap. This is forecast by an impartial Congress Budget Office (CBO) to enhance the deficit by USD 3.3 trillion.
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After Voting, Fitzpatrick quickly left FlooR, according to NBC News “Melanie Zanon, who also announced that he did not participate in a meeting with Trump in the White House about the Act the day before.
Fitzpatrick has long been a more private legislator with his internal deliberations. And sometimes he voted against Trump and GOP.
He also had long -term frustrations related to Trump regarding administration policy regarding Ukraine, which defends itself in the war with Russia.
A few hours before Fitzpatrick voting, a former FBI agent who was stationed in Ukraine, sent a letter to Trump after reports that the US had suspended defensive materials had already promised Ukraine.
“President, Ukrainian soldiers and pilots not only protect their homeland – they keep the line for the whole democratic world”, ” wrote. “This is a decisive moment.”
The heat was also at Fitzpatrick over cuts in the so -called “Big Beautiful Bill” for Medicaid and Snap. The election organized “dying” in their Langhorne office the day before voting.
According to the forecasts of the governor Josh Shapiro, 10,000 people may lose Medicaid, and about 2000 stands for the loss of benefits in Bucks as part of changes in the program. (On Wednesday, Shapiro called for every member of the Republican Chamber, including Fitzpatrickin social media, sharing state forecasts, how many people lost their benefits in their district).
Fitzpatrick has not yet issued a statement about his thoughts about the Act, in the case of many Republicans who move in a complex voice for an unpopular package of regulations, which is shifted to meet with a self -sufficient period of July 4.
In May, after voting for the initial version of the reconciliation package, Fitzpatrick He defended his voice, noticing Federal dollars on Medicaid would technically enhance, even if the decrease in growth meant that millions had lost insurance.
“As this process progresses, I will work closely with the Senate to introduce constructive changes in this project, especially in terms of energy, labor and health, so that we can strengthen SNAP and Medicaid solvency for long-term and provide access to the most sensitive ones that really need help,” he said. “It will be a red line for me before supporting the final fragment.”
His “no” voting immediately caused the first -class election conversations of Trump’s faithful.
Scott Presler, organizer of GOP Pull -up and Maga Influencer, published on X:
“Yes, I know that Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa01) voted” no “for a great beautiful bill. A message was received. “
Fitzpatrick will run for his sixth two -year term in 2026 to represent the purple Bucks Fire. The Democratic Committee of the Congress Campaign announced at the beginning of this year that it was addressed to the Fitzpatrick mandate along with three other congress circles in Pennsylvania, in the hope of moving them from blue to red.
Fitzpatrick stood last year with a more conservative main contender, anti -abortion activist Marek Houck and defeated him 23 points.
