Fetterman Votes “HELL NO” on GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill

Washington, D.C.— Today, with the United States deadlocked 50–50 final vote, Vice President Vance cast the tie-breaking vote to pass reconciliation bill H.R. 1,One Big Beautiful Bill Act.U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) voted against it and released the following statement:

“Millions thrown off health care?✅

“Hungry kids denied food?✅

“Huge tax cuts for billionaires?✅

“National debt headed for $40 trillion?✅

“This bill is a disaster, which is why I voted HELL NO. The GOP will own the consequences.”
For 26 hours straight, Senator Fetterman joined his democratic colleagues in voting for dozens of amendments to counteract the GOP’s attack on low-income and middle-class Americans. Some key impacts of theOne Big Beautiful Bill Actfor Pennsylvanians include:

“My colleagues on the other side of the aisle wrote and passed this 940-page bill without giving us time to read it. I’ll keep fighting to protect health care, defend nutrition assistance, block giveaways for billionaires, and prevent trillions more added to our national debt,”Senator Fetterman concluded.“This bill is now in the hands of my colleagues in the House, where hopefully a handful of Republicans will put their constituents before campaign donors and shut this down.”