Will Trump's megabill help Democrats win the House? [View all]

(NPR) Democrats feel that President Trump's massive tax-and-spending bill is giving them an opening — and a message — ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The focus is Medicaid, which provides health insurance for tens of millions of lower-income and elderly Americans, and affordability.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, in an hours-long speech in opposition to the bill on Thursday, called it "cruel" and "dangerous." He, like other Democrats, focused on the almost $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid, an effort to partially offset the trillions of dollars Trump's tax cut extension will cost.
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Trump is beginning his own messaging campaign on what may wind up being the one, signature piece of legislation for his second term.

"THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL DEAL IS ALL ABOUT GROWTH," Trump wrote on social media this week. "IF PASSED, AMERICA WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC RENAISSANCE LIKE NEVER BEFORE."

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/05/nx-s1-5455928/trump-megabill-democrats-house-win-midterms