©️J. Scott AppleWhite
Washington, 1 July 2025.- The US Congress has just adopted, with a short head, one of the most ambitious and controversial texts of Donald Trump's second term: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Nicknamed the Big Beautiful Bill by D. Trump himself, this tentacular project combines tax cuts, social cuts, hardening immigration and military recovery.
Presented on 20 May 2025 by Republican Jodey Arrington (Texas), this text was adopted on Tuesday 1 July 2025 by 51 votes to 50, thanks to the vote of Vice-President J.D. Vance. An express passage permitted by the budgetary reconciliation procedure.
LOBBBA forecasts over 3,800 billion $ tax cuts in 10 years, particularly for families, tips and overtime. But according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the richest 10% would capture 40% of the profits. In parallel, Medicaid and food aid suffer severe cuts, with tough access conditions. The Urban Institute estimates that 17 million Americans could lose their health coverage, potentially resulting in up to 51,000 deaths per year.
Immigration: Towards repression
The text devotes 170 billion $ to border security, with building of walls, strengthening of ECI (+10 000 agents), increasing visa/asylum fees and extension of detention centres. For NGOs, it is a brutal criminalization of immigration.
The Trump administration removes many green credits put in place by Biden: solar, wind, electric vehicles, ecological buildings. Instead, the text revives coal, gas and nuclear power, a decision strongly criticized by environmentalists.
In the run-up to the presidential election in November, the Republicans saw this as a demonstration of strength. But its opponents denounce a project that deepens inequalities, threatens the most vulnerable and sabotages climate efforts.
The Big Beautiful Bill has yet to return to the House for a final vote. The political battle is far from over.
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