Ohio’s US Rep Davidson (R) Votes Against “One Big Beautiful Bill”…Two Republicans Miss Vote…Bill Passes

(5-22-25) House Republicans passed their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

The 10-year plan would actually grow the economy and shrink the deficit—but Congress never sticks to a 10-year plan. 

The only Congress we can control is the one we’re in. pic.twitter.com/BPYZhtrhaQ

— Rep. Warren Davidson (@Rep_Davidson) May 22, 2025

The bill passed the chamber by a single vote, 215-214, with Democrats unanimously opposing and only two Republicans voting against. One of those voting against the bill was Ohio’s US Rep (Ohio’s 8th District) Warren Davidson.

While I love many things in the bill, promising someone else will cut spending in the future does not cut spending. Deficits do matter and this bill grows them now. The only Congress we can control is the one we’re in. Consequently, I cannot support this big deficit plan. NO. pic.twitter.com/ClnqUzQyOk

— Warren Davidson 🇺🇸 (@WarrenDavidson) May 22, 2025

Also voting ‘no’ was Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie (Republican), of Kentucky’s 4th District. Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland (chairman of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus) voted present, which would have effectively been an opposition vote if the rest of the lawmakers had tied. Reps. David Schweikert of Arizona and Andrew Garbarino of New York missed the vote.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters after the vote that there should have been 217 GOP votes for the bill. Garbarino “fell asleep in the back” after the all-night session and inadvertently missed the vote and Schweikert slipped his electronic voting card into place after the vote had ended.

The bill now heads to the senate.