White House says Congress debating ‘footnotes’ on ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ not expecting major changes

Despite the argumentation challenges facing President Donald Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill," White House Director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, was unfazed, telling Fox News Digital connected Wednesday that helium doesn’t "expect that there's going to beryllium immoderate issue" with existent connection successful the legislation. 

"I deliberation that what's going connected close present is that radical are going done really, astir basically, the footnotes," Hassett said successful an exclusive interrogation with Fox News Digital. "They're arguing implicit last-minute language."

Hassett’s comments travel aft reports that House GOP members are concerned astir the mentation of the measure coming retired of the Senate, which would marque its mode to the House soon after. 

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House Republican Chip Roy, R-Texas, posted to X connected Tuesday that if the rumors helium was proceeding astir the Senate mentation were true, helium "would not ballot for it arsenic it is." 

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett speaks extracurricular the White House West Wing connected April 18, 2025, successful Washington, DC. Hassett took questions astir Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell aft U.S. President Donald Trump precocious made comments astir firing him for being dilatory to chopped involvement rates.  (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

With bladed margins successful some the House and Senate, statement among Republicans is critical. The archetypal mentation of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" passed the House past period by conscionable 1 vote. 

As to the pendulum plaything betwixt the 2 chambers, Hassett raised nary concerns with legislature drama, saying helium doesn’t "expect that there’s going to beryllium immoderate contented determination astatine all."

"I've been briefed connected the quality betwixt the Senate and the House connection connected this matter," Hasset told Fox. "And the differences are incredibly small, and truthful I don't expect that there's going to beryllium immoderate contented determination astatine all."

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Hassett besides made wide the main elements of President Trump’s docket are "hardwired into the bill" and that existent debates are conscionable items "around the edges" of the White House’s cardinal proponents.

Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' is sent to the Senate aft the House ballot to walk the bill.  (AP; Getty; Fox News Digital)

"We're making the president's archetypal taxation cuts permanent," Hassett explained. "No taxation connected overtime, nary taxation tips, nary taxation connected societal security, we're securing the border, we're gathering the Golden Dome. All that worldly is hardwired into the bill."

"What they're arguing astir present is worldly astir the edges of that."

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The president himself has pushed hard for the authorities to beryllium passed quickly, and asked Congress to enactment toward having the measure signed into instrumentality by the Fourth of July.

Donald Trump astatine the White House connected June 24, 2025. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

"We indispensable decorativeness the occupation present astatine location by passing "THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL," and getting the Bill to my desk, ASAP, Trump posted to Truth Social. "It volition beryllium a Historic Present for THE GREAT PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, arsenic we statesman the Celebration of our Country’s 250th Birthday."

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Sources archer Fox the Senate ballot connected the authorities volition astir apt beryllium taking spot this Friday. It volition past caput backmost to the House arsenic the president’s July 4th deadline looms.

Preston Mizell is simply a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news. Story tips tin beryllium sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and connected X @MizellPreston Kyle Schmidbauer with Fox News Digital besides contributed to this report.