Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2014 Today, with the United States deadlocked 50\u201350 final vote, Vice President Vance cast the tie-breaking vote to pass reconciliation bill H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act.<\/em> U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) voted against it and released the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMillions thrown off health care? <\/strong>\u2705<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHungry kids denied food? <\/strong>\u2705<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHuge tax cuts for billionaires? <\/strong>\u2705<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNational debt headed for $40 trillion? <\/strong>\u2705<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis bill is a disaster, which is why I voted HELL NO. The GOP will own the consequences.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n For 26 hours straight, Senator Fetterman joined his democratic colleagues in voting for dozens of amendments to counteract the GOP\u2019s attack on low-income and middle-class Americans. Some key impacts of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act<\/em> for Pennsylvanians include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy colleagues on the other side of the aisle wrote and passed this 940-page bill without giving us time to read it. I\u2019ll keep fighting to protect health care, defend nutrition assistance, block giveaways for billionaires, and prevent trillions more added to our national debt,\u201d <\/strong>Senator Fetterman concluded. \u201cThis bill is now in the hands of my colleagues in the House, where hopefully a handful of Republicans will put their constituents before campaign donors and shut this down.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false}}\n
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