President Donald Trump opened his Iowa rally on Thursday touting the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” passed by Congress ahead of his July 4 deadline.

The House gave the final Congressional approval to the bill on Thursday afternoon, giving Trump a landmark legislative win for his second term. The legislation was heavily pushed by the president and is key to accomplishing many of his key priorities.

“There could be no better birthday present for America than the phenomenal victory we achieved just hours ago when Congress passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill to Make America Great Again,” said Trump. “In the last election, the people gave us a historic mandate to cut taxes, raise take-home pay, bring back jobs, stop the invasion … deport the illegals, and slash hundreds of billions of dollars of waste and fraud, and that’s what we’re doing.”

“With this bill, every major promise I made to the people of Iowa in 2024 became a promise kept,” he added.

“There could be no better birthday present for America” than the One Big Beautiful Bill, says @POTUS.

“With this bill, every major promise I made to the people of Iowa in 2024 became a promise kept.” pic.twitter.com/LJGspOUQBA

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 4, 2025

Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) whipped votes late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning to get the legislation through the House. The House passed the nearly 900-page bill in a 218-214 vote just days after the Senate passed it 51-50, with the tie-breaking vote coming from Vice President JD Vance.

The legislation includes funding for a host of Trump administration priorities, such as a $150 billion boost to border security and deportation operations, $150 billion in new defense spending, and funding for the “Golden Dome” missile protection system to be built across the United States.

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The bill also includes provisions aimed at boosting fossil fuel energy production while scrapping a host of tax breaks and tax credits for green energy and electric vehicle production. The bill also tightens rules around receiving Medicaid and implements work requirements for recipients.

“Just as I promised, we’re making the Trump tax cuts permanent and delivering no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, and no tax on Social Security for our great seniors,” the president said. “We’ve got the hottest country anywhere in the world, as said by many, many leaders of other countries. And we will ignite trillions of dollars in economic growth, increase take home pay for the typical family by more than $10,000 a year.”

“And very importantly for Iowa, this bill rescues over two million family farms from the so-called estate tax or death tax,” he continued.

.@POTUS: "Just as I promised, we're making the Trump Tax Cuts permanent, and delivering NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON OVERTIME, and NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY… very importantly for Iowa, this bill rescues over 2 million family farms from the so-called estate tax, or the Death Tax." pic.twitter.com/VndTf9Iu9X

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 4, 2025

Trump is expected to sign the bill at a ceremony scheduled for 5 p.m. ET on Independence Day. The president said earlier that he will be joined by Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and most Congressional Republicans.

Trump summed up his thoughts on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill”: “Very simply, the One Big, Beautiful Bill will deliver the strongest border on Earth, the strongest economy on Earth, the strongest military on Earth, and ensure the United States of America will remain the strongest country anywhere on this beautiful planet of ours.”

.@POTUS: “The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the strongest border on Earth, the strongest economy on Earth, the strongest military on Earth… 165 days into the Trump administration, America is on a winning streak like, frankly, nobody has ever seen before.” pic.twitter.com/tUU2Cxtx95

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 4, 2025

President Donald Trump has promised an elaborate Independence Day signing ceremony for the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” recently approved by Congress.

The president teased plans for the ceremony while speaking to reporters on Thursday. Trump said that the ceremony would feature a number of United States military warplanes, including the B-2, F-22, and F-35.

Trump said the ceremony would start around 5 p.m. ET, and he would be joined by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and most Republicans in Congress.

“At about 5:00 o’clock, we’re going to have B-2s and F-22s and F-35s flying right over the White House,” Trump said. “It’s going to be a great day, so we’ll be signing with those beautiful planes flying right over our heads.”

.@POTUS on tomorrow's One Big Beautiful Bill signing: "We're signing at about 5:00p — and at about 5:00p, we're going to have B-2s and F-22s and F-35s flying right over the White House … so we'll be signing with those beautiful planes flying right over our heads." 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/40CjzwfvF9

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 3, 2025

The House gave final approval on Thursday to send the “Big, Beautiful Bill” to Trump’s desk in time for his July 4 deadline. Johnson and Trump whipped votes and met with holdouts in the hours leading up to the vote, securing a 218-214 majority to pass the legislation on Thursday afternoon.

“I think when you go over the bill, it was very easy to get them to a ‘Yes,’” Trump told reporters on Thursday after the bill’s passage. “You know, we went over that bill point after point: biggest tax cut in history, great for security, great on the southern border, immigration is covered – we covered just about everything. Again, it’s the biggest bill ever signed of its kind.”

.@POTUS: "I think when you go over the bill, it was very easy to get them to a 'Yes.' … Biggest tax cut in history, great for security, great on the southern border … we covered just about everything. Again, it's the biggest bill ever signed of its kind." pic.twitter.com/0nfeQ5IDuo

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 3, 2025

Johnson secured the votes to pass the massive package at around 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) then held the House floor for over eight hours, speaking to delay the bill’s passage, but ultimately powerless to stop it.

“With one big, beautiful bill, we are going to make this country stronger, safer, and more prosperous than ever before. And every American is going to benefit from this,” Johnson said just before the vote. “Today we are laying a key cornerstone of America’s new Golden Age.”

The bill’s passage is just the latest landmark victory for the president that has seen a cascade of wins in recent weeks. Just under two weeks ago, Trump greenlit a bomb and missile strike targeting Iranian nuclear facilities that “obliterated” Tehran’s nuclear program at Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan.