The House of Representatives completed an overnight session on May 22 with a vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It passed by one very small margin—215-to-214.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., immediately condemned it—and expressed anger that it would restrict federal funding of abortion.
“A few hours ago, while most Americans were fast asleep, House Republicans rammed through their so-called Big, Beautiful Bill through the House of Representatives, in the dead of night, in the hopes that nobody would notice,” he said on the Senate floor.
“And, of course, at the last minute, the anti-choice radicals snuck in a new provision, penalizing enrollees in private plans on ACA [Affordable Care Act] exchanges covering reproductive care,” said Schumer.
“Defunding Planned Parenthood wasn’t enough,” he said.
What would the House-passed bill…
