Game: Republicans, Democrats trade big tickets in 2026 battle for Congress

President Donald Trump has quickly targeted Democrats for opposing his domestic policy bill.

“No Democrat voted for us, and I think we use it in the mid-term campaign because we have to beat them,”

The president held a July 4 event at the Iowa State Fair to launch a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the independent announcement of the signing next year, speaking.

A few hours ago, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted almost entirely on the partisan 218-214, elevating the so-called “a large bill” to the final Congressional pass. Earlier this week, Vice President JD Vance broke the Senate tie to raise measures 51-50.

Despite the vote

The president is scheduled to sign a massive spending and tax cut bill at the White House signing ceremony at 5 p.m. Friday.

With the bill’s legislative battle, Trump and Congressional Republican leaders won, and the campaign for cross-country war has now begun controversial measures, with most public opinion polls showing that this is not very popular among Americans.

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“Every Democrat votes to hurt working families and protect the status quo,” a memo from the National Republican Congress Committee (NRCC) said after the bill’s last House passed.

The NRCC, the Republican campaign unit of the House, stressed that “Republicans will relentlessly make this vote a decisive issue in 2026.”

When House Republicans will snap up all 435 seats in next year's midterm elections, they will defend their razors in the conference hall (220-215) – a weak majority (220-215).

Wednesday, June 25, 2025, the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC, USA. Republicans and Democrats will compete for the House and Senate majority in next year's midterm elections. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg by Getty Images)

NRCC Chairman Rep. Richard Hudson accused House Democrats of “rejecting common sense” by voting on the bill.

“We will make sure that each of them has to answer for that,” he pointed to the swearing in next year’s Congress election.

The bill fills Trump's 2024 campaign promises and priorities for the second tax break, immigration, defense, energy and debt restrictions.

It includes expanding his signature 2017 tax cuts and eliminating taxes on tips and overtime pay.

According to analysis by the Congressional Budget Office and a responsible federal budget, the bill will make his first term rate permanent – ​​due later this year – the bill will reduce it by nearly $4.4 trillion over the next decade.

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The measure also provides billions of dollars for border security and codifies the president's controversial immigration repression.

The bill also reorganizes Medicaid, a nearly 60-year-old federal program that provides health coverage for approximately 71 million low-income Americans. Additionally, Senate Republicans have added Medicaid to the situation where the House was initially approved in late May.

Change MedicaidIn addition to cutting food stamps, another of the major safety net plans nationwide is primarily intended to offset to pay for extended Trump’s tax cuts. The measure includes a range of new rules and regulations, including job requirements for many people seeking Medicaid coverage.

Moreover, over the next decade, the $3.4 trillion legislative package is expected to increase by $4 trillion.

Democrats have had months to blow up Republicans in the changes in the social safety net.

“Break In: ​​House Republicans vote to evacuate 17 million people from health care,” screamed in an email to supporters by the Democratic National Committee, which passed the House on Thursday.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries accused “Extreme House Republicans have just approved the largest Medicaid and food aid in U.S. history to provide tax breaks for their billionaire donors.”

Rep. Suzan Delbene, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), promised: “The DCCC will ensure that every battlefield voter knows how vulnerable House Republicans can abandon them through the most unpopular legislation in modern American history, and that we will withdraw the House majority because of doing so.”

Hopefully, we'll see Democrats' ads as early as this holiday weekend to target Republicans' bills. Democrats are expected to see the number of messaging campaigns next month during the August Congress break.

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But Republicans are also on the offensive, voting against tax cuts in the Democratic way.

Republican polls on Republicans' unanimous public policy group have attracted attention, suggesting that there is a lot of support for the bill due to tax cuts.

Earlier this week, a news from the group said, “Popular polls show that public support cuts household taxes, eliminates social security, overtime and tips taxes, and rule waste and abuse in the federal budget.”

President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S. 250 kickoff event held in Fairgrouds, Iowa on July 3, 2025. (Getty Image)

The president touted his bills when he returned to the U.S. capital earlier Friday after his event in Iowa.

“I think it's very popular. It does a lot of things, but one of them is the biggest tax cut in my history. That's all, that makes it very popular.”

But Democrats focused on a series of national polls conducted last month, demonstrating how popular the bill is in negative territory.

With a 21-point margin, voters are in the nearest Fox News National Poll Oppose the bill (38% agree, while 59% oppose).

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The bill was also under other countries surveyed by The Washington Post (minus 19), Pew Research (minus 20) and Quinnipiac University (minus 26) (minus 26).

About half of respondents in the Fox News poll said the bill would hurt their families (49%), while a quarter of respondents thought it would help (23%), while another quarter believed it would make a difference (26%).

Fox News surveyed voters in a poll conducted last month, opposing “a big bill” between 59% and 38%. (Fox News)

60% think they have a good understanding of the measure, and while these voters are more likely to prefer the legislation than those who are not familiar with it, they still think it will be hurt rather than helping their families (45% vs 34%).

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The latest investigations have shown widespread partisan differences on the measures.

Nearly three-quarters of Republicans (73%) favor the bill, while nearly nine (89%) of ten Democrats (89%) and nearly three-quarters of independents (73%) opposed the measure, according to a Fox News poll conducted on June 13-16.