House Republicans express concern over Senate version of 'Big Beautiful Bill'

A number of moderate, conservative and mainstream House Republicans on Monday are sending warning shots about the Senate's version of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," which the upper chamber is trying to pass in a marathon vote.

The Senate is currently conducting its vote-a-rama on the legislation, which allows senators to offer an unlimited number of amendments to the policy bill that they must proceed to vote on. 

House Republicans are largely opposing changes to things like Medicaid funding and tax provisions that Republican leaders worked hard to ensure passed the lower chamber in its version last month, sources told The Hill. 

“On the text chains, on the phone calls, everyone is complaining,” an anonymous moderate House Republican told the outlet. “There’s a few little provisions people will say something positive about, but no one is happy with the Senate version. It’s amazing to a lot of us — how did it get so much f‑‑‑ing worse?”

Six House Republicans are currently expected to reject the legislation when it returns to the lower chamber after the Senate. Both chambers are pushing to pass the bill by a self-imposed Friday deadline.

Two of the Republicans were not publicly identified by The Hill, but California Reps. David Valadao and Young Kim, and New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew are objecting over a Senate provision that would cap provider taxes at 3.5% by 2031, instead of the current 6%. 

New York GOP Rep. Nick LaLota is objecting to the Senate's change to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap.

Other House Republicans are hoping the legislation will return to the House's version, which is being pushed by House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republican leaders.

“The House budget framework was clear: no new deficit spending in the One Big Beautiful Bill," The House Freedom Caucus posted to X. "The Senate’s version adds $651 billion to the deficit — and that’s before interest costs, which nearly double the total. That’s not fiscal responsibility. It’s not what we agreed to.”

“The Senate must make major changes and should at least be in the ballpark of compliance with the agreed-upon House budget framework,” the group added. “Republicans must do better.”

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.