Faced with criticism of President Donald Trump’s signature “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Republican leadership have focused their defense on how the tax breaks will boost the economy.

The GOP's contentious budget bill narrowly passed in the House, faces dissent in the Senate and has drawn the ire of Elon Musk in a big way.

Medicaid changes in Trump's "big, beautiful bill" have been met with a partisan division. The GOP defends the plan as needed reform, while Democrats blast it as a cut to social services.