Grassley, Hinson comment about status of “One Big Beautiful Bill” as House debate continues
WASHINGTON — Debate continues in the US House on President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” after Republican leaders and the president himself working to persuade skeptical holdouts to drop their opposition by his 4th of July deadline to approved the legislation.
The debate comes after Republicans in the Senate earlier this week were able to get the legislation passed, but with some changes. Speaking with Northiowanow.com News earlier this morning, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says if there are more changes made to the bill, he doubts the bill would go to a joint House-Senate conference committee to get things worked out. “It would depend upon how much change the House made, but if they made just a little change, I would expect that we would agree to the changes they made, because if you go to conference, it opens the whole thing up again and I think it would be forever to get a bill passed.”
North-central Iowa congresswoman Ashley Hinson made a post to social media late yesterday afternoon about the bill. She says Democrats are spreading misinformation on the legislation. “Notably the Democrats are talking a lot of lies about what’s in this bill. Their biggest lie is that this only a tax break for millionaires and billionaires. You know who this is a tax break for? For the average Iowan. If we do not pass this bill, the average Iowan will see an increase of about 25% in their taxes. That’s a no-go for me, so I’m going to be here working hard to make sure we protect you from that tax increase.”
Hinson says the Democratic agenda is not good for Iowans. “When Democrats had control here in Washington, they did things like trying to spy on your Venmo transactions and super-charging the IRS. When we have control, we’re trying to return dollars to you. We’re trying to make sure we don’t have that tax on tips or overtime and again protecting the most vulnerable population.”
The final debates on the bill began in the predawn hours this morning after a chaotic day and night Wednesday at the Capitol following a series of closed-door meetings.
