July 1 (UPI) -- The House of Representatives will take immediate action on the Senate-approved budget reconciliation bill following its narrow passage in the Senate on Tuesday.
Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote shortly after noon EDT to break a 50-50 tie and approve the budget reconciliation bill after two days of Senate debate, amendments and votes.
Vance's vote ended a 27-hour legislative session that started on Monday and saw Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine joining all Senate Democrats to oppose the bill.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, initially opposed the measure but relented and cited in favor of House Resolution 1, which enabled Vance to end the matter by casting the tie-breaking vote.
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The amended budget bill goes to the House of Representatives, where Speaker Mike Johnson said it will undergo immediate consideration and be on President Donald Trump's desk for signing by the Fourth of July.
"The House will work quickly to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill that enacts President Trump's full America-first agenda," Johnson said in a prepared statement on Tuesday.
"The American people gave us a clear mandate, and after four years of Democrat failure, we intend to deliver without delay," Johnson said.
The House speaker said voters on Nov. 5 elected Trump and gave Republicans control of the House and Senate, so they could "secure the border, make existing tax cuts permanent, restore peace through strength, cut wasteful spending and return to a government that puts Americans first."
Johnson said the bill reflects the president's agenda and will become law.
Prior to the measure's Senate approval, Murkowski had requested protection for Medicaid recipients in her home state.
Senators Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Mike Lee, R- Utah, initially were holdouts over their Medicaid-related concerns, and Collins had her proposed rural hospital relief fund amendment voted down.
Tillis announced on Saturday he wouldn't support the Senate's version of the legislation due to what he called "significant changes to Medicaid that would be devastating" to his home state
He since has announced he would not seek another term in the Senate during the 2026 mid-term elections.
Paul voted no due to his stance against how the bill would potentially raise the federal debt limit by an estimated $5 trillion.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused the GOP of "trying to rip away healthcare from 17 million Americans."
