Not a single Republican in Congress voted for the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, in 2010, or Biden’s inflation act in 2022. Both were approved using the same budget reconciliation process now being employed by Republicans to steamroll Trump's bill past the opposition.

When Elon Musk denounced Republicans’ hefty spending plan as a “disgusting abomination” earlier this week, he largely steered clear of President Donald Trump, who has thrown his support behind the One Big Beautiful Bill. That changed on Thursday afternoon when the world’s richest man went after the world’s most powerful man.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act would pay for Trump’s campaign promises to make his 2017 tax cuts permanent, cut other taxes and boost spending for the border and defense.