The White House enlisted several Congress members in a new video to promote the president’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ as the deadline for its passage approaches.
This exclusive video, shared with the Daily Mail, gives insight into the White House’s push to get the bill through Congress by July 4th for the president’s signature.
At the White House Congressional picnic, the president’s team recruited Congress members to express their support for the bill and emphasize their reasons for backing the president’s initiative.
Sens. Roger Marshall of Kansas, Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania were featured in the video, as well as Reps. Chuck Fleischmann, Diana Harshbarger, Erin Houchin, and Anna Paulina Luna.
The Republicans touted the bill’s efforts to prevent the ‘largest tax increase in history,’ by extending expiring rate hikes, securing funding for border security, energy development, and tax relief,
‘This is a bill for working families, working Americans,’ Houchin said.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, touted the expansion of the child tax credit and savings accounts for every new child in the United States and ending tax on tips.
‘This is a net positive for America,’ she said.
US President Donald Trump (C), and First Lady Melania Trump (L), greet attendees during the Congressional picnic on the South Lawn
Republican members of Congress team up to help White House push forward on Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) (R) speaks with guests during the Congressional Picnic
President Trump urged the Senate to keep working on the bill during his speech at the picnic.
‘We’re shooting for the 4th of July,’ he told members of Congress. ‘I think it’s going to be the most important piece of legislation that our country has passed in many, many years.’
The bill passed the House with a slim Republican majority vote of 215-214 and now is working its way through the Senate.
Despite pressure from the president, some Republican senators are opposed to the measure, warning that it spends too much money and adds to the deficit.
Sen. Rand Paul signaled his opposition to the bill telling Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo in a recent he would need more negotiations before he was willing to vote for it.
‘Right now they are not negotiating with me, because they don’t think they need me, so I will not be the deciding vote. The bill will not fail because of me,’ he said.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune can lose four Republican votes to pass the bill, provided that Vice President JD Vance can help it pass by breaking a tie.
After Paul vocally criticized the bill he said he was ‘uninvited’ from the White House picnic, telling reporters he felt the move was ‘incredibly petty.’
Trump re-extended the invitation to the Senator and his family on social media.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump talk during the congressional picnic
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) eats food during the Congressional Picnic after he was re-invited by the president to attend
‘Of course Senator Rand Paul and his beautiful wife and family are invited to the BIG White House Party tonight,’ Trump wrote, describing Paul as ‘the toughest vote in the history of the U.S. Senate.’
The president’s signature bill struggled out of the gate to win support, especially after billionaire Elon Musk criticized the bill as a ‘massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill’ that was ‘a disgusting abomination.’
Republicans defended the measure, arguing that the tax cuts in the bill would help boost revenues for the treasury through economic growth.
Congressional Democrats remain universally opposed to the legislation.
