Maxwell Frost: 20 House Republicans a 'no' on 'big, beautiful bill'

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Source: The Hill

07/02/25 9:34 AM ET


Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said Tuesday evening that “about 20 Republicans” currently oppose President Trump’s mammoth tax and spending measure, and more may join them as pressure mounts and as House Democrats work to delay its passage.

“They can only lose three or four [votes], and it’s done,” Frost told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki in an interview after the Senate narrowly passed the bill following a marathon debate and efforts to tamp down pushback from moderate Republicans in the GOP-controlled upper chamber.

Frost said discussions are ongoing with moderates and ultra conservative House Republicans who have spoken out about various provisions of the bill, which would extend the tax cuts from Trump’s first term while cutting funding for social safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps, but he argued GOP members on both fronts seem to “always fold.”

“They put up a little fight, so that way they have some footage that they can put behind their ads during election time, and then they fold right away,” Frost said. “Sometimes they stick to it, so we’ll see.”

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