Johnson: House Reconciliation Package, the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” Begins to Turn D.C.’s Spending in the Right Direction
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) voted to pass the conservative reconciliation package, the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” that will prevent the largest tax hike in American history. The bill delivers $1.6 trillion in savings, which is the largest spending reduction in a generation, secures our borders, and implements commonsense policies to right-size federal programs.
“This bill is a strong conservative work product, and one that is long overdue,” said Johnson. “It delivers a historic spending reduction and roots out abuse of federal programs. These changes are a meaningful attempt to turn our fiscal house in the right direction.”
The three most important parts of the package:
- Secures our borders.
- It will complete 701 miles of primary walls, 900 miles of river barriers, 629 miles of secondary barriers, replace 141 miles of vehicle and pedestrian barriers, and strengthen border surveillance technology.
- It funds “Remain in Mexico” enforcement and at least one million annual removals of illegal aliens, ensuring immigrants come to the U.S. the right way.
- Hires thousands of Border Patrol and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to carry out the mission.
- Avoids a historic tax hike for most Americans and businesses.
- Without extending current tax rates, the average taxpayer in South Dakota would see a 25% tax hike if the Trump Tax Cuts expire.
- Without extending current tax rates, a family of four making $71,810, the median income in South Dakota, would see a $1,431 tax increase if the Trump Tax Cuts expire. This is worth about seven weeks of groceries to a typical family of four in the region.
- Without extending current tax rates, 101,690 South Dakota families would see their household’s Child Tax Credit cut in half.
- Without extending current tax rates, 94% of South Dakota taxpayers would see their guaranteed deduction slashed in half.
- Without extending current tax rates, the National Association of Manufacturers expects South Dakota would lose 17,000 jobs, $1.5 billion lost wages, and $3.1 billion lost economic output.
- Implements commonsense policies to right-size federal programs and decrease spending.
- It saves $1.6 trillion over 10 years, the largest spending reduction in a generation.
- It removes 1.4 million illegal immigrants from Medicaid, protecting the program for the neediest Americans.
- It removes SNAP eligibility for illegal immigrants, ensuring Americans who need assistance the most receive it.
- It enforces work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents who receive SNAP or Medicaid benefits, helping to lift them out of poverty. These work requirements will not affect pregnant women, seniors, those with disabilities, or those with young children at home.
Linked here is an X thread of 32 conservative wins included in the bill.
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It also starts selling off large portions of our national parks to private development. Do better with the pork.
Rick from the Lincoln Project better described this as the “MAGA Murder Bill” with death panels.
All the states are going to get hit hard especially the Red states with rural hospitals and nursing homes closing. Residents getting sicker and substantially poorer. Those in long term care will be moving back home with those younger in the family caring for them some having to quit their jobs. The present day Robber Barons, ultra wealthy and corporations will reap the rewards while we everyday serfs will toil in misery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rTJQ-iouTU
Dusty works for Trump and not for us!
As we should. Being principled comes with drawbacks, if we want less government that means we’re going to get less. We are getting what we voted for.
Eventually the money will trickle down onto us, we just need to keep making sure tax rates are lower because once they hit a critical mass, the trickle will come and businesses will give away their money and not horde it in the stock market and other instruments. Just look at Kansas when they did away with their income tax. It was a glorious time and serves as an example of the benefits that can be reduced if we are willing to ask not what our country can do for us, but what we can give up so those with power will have more.
That’s right! We just have to cut and cut and cut, funnel wealth to the already ultra-rich, and hope someday that some crumbs will fall onto the ground for us to scoop up. Will we be healthy enough to even do that? Let those already sick get it over with so the strong can step up and take what is theirs! Will we have clean air and water to support life to be able to scrounge for crumbs? Who cares! What price is too high to ask from the sick, the elderly? What price is too high to ask from future generations as we spend ourselves deeper into debt than ever before? It’s a big beautiful bill for a big beautiful future! Just not for you or I…
Anyone with “principles” will either be forced out by corpos benefiting from this administration’s gutting of the public sector to consolidate what’s left into the hands of their buddies. There will be nothing left for us.
The sick, elderly and those on disability are useless eaters right Robert?
Can someone explain how reducing taxes and raising the debt limit is supposed to reduce the national debt? Or did we get our national credit easing downgraded just for laughs?
Don’t be so cynical. It is not for laughs. It is so those who have been able to generate the most wealth through the system will have even more.
I really hope against hope these guys are right, because this looks more like a Big Beautiful Bunch of BS. Cut benefits, slash taxes on the mega-wealthy, and float it all against the debt. Which debt, by the way, is financed with a lot of bonds that are becoming less attractive as long as the POTUS continues to tinker with trade policy for reasons seemingly known only to him and supported by Trumpist sycophants.
Ronald Reagan must be spinning in his grave.
Dirty sure likes the tastes of Trump’s shoe leather.
Dusty’s hope of becoming governor is done. As a result of this vote, rural hospitals and nursing homes will be closing a year from now when the primary is nearing election day. This vote, and his name, will be on every one of those closures and the people suffering the consequences will have him to thank.
Anonymous says May 15, 2025 at 12:56 pm: “Gonna need some proof of this secure border. Did we get a wall built?”
Secures our borders.
It will complete 701 miles of primary walls, 900 miles of river barriers, 629 miles of secondary barriers, replace 141 miles of vehicle and pedestrian barriers, and strengthen border surveillance technology.
It funds “Remain in Mexico” enforcement and at least one million annual removals of illegal aliens, ensuring immigrants come to the U.S. the right way.
Hires thousands of Border Patrol and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel to carry out the mission.
And for an exclamation point – https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-releases-february-2025-monthly-update
I guess your question is answered.
Adds 3.8 trillion to the national debt. He calls that responsible spending I
The best way to tell if the debt matters on Capitol Hill is if a dem is in the White House. Else, nobody cares.
Great news for all the suckers making less than 50-60k a year who will be paying higher taxes.
Show us all how.
Use the $55K income and show us with the present tax laws how much an individual earning this income will pay in taxes and then show us how much an individual earning this income will pay in taxes next year or the year after. Show us how someone with this level of income will pay more in taxes if this bill gets passed into law. And then show us how much more someone would pay in taxes at this income level if the Trump tax law is allowed to sunset.
Can you do that? Or are you just all dumocrat talking points?
CBO too liberal for your freedumm-addled brain?
https://thehill.com/business/5311628-rich-gain-poor-loss-tax-cuts-bill/
So in other words you don’t have the calculations and therefore don’t know…what a surprised from the party of Stumbles, or should we say the party of dementia man cover up.
This too conservative for your liberal rotted brain? https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/05/22/passed-the-one-big-beautiful-bill-moves-one-step-closer-to-president-trumps-desk/#:~:text=The%20One%2C%20Big%2C%20Beautiful%20Bill%20makes%20permanent%20the%20successful%202017,incomes%20for%20millions%20of%20Americans.
It’s literally a press release from the Chairman.
Here are some actual figures with actual analytics done, not your hack job of a press release. To save your brain cell from straining too hard, the 2017 tax cuts didn’t pay for themselves and screwed the middle class.
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/trump-tax-cuts-benefits-outweighed-lost-revenue
By gutting Medicaid and cutting food stamps, you hurt most areas of South Dakota, a mostly rural state. Was closing more nursing homes and shuttering rural hospitals part of your plan, Dusty, because that is what your vote did. Sad!