Dems Say Their Increasingly 'frustrated' Base Is Mobilized In The Fight Against Trump's 'big, Beautiful Bill'

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The all-Democrat legislature delegation successful plaything authorities New Hampshire is teaming up to target President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that he signed into law. 

"The large beautiful betrayal of nan American people" is really longtime Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, nan dean of nan delegation, described nan sweeping Republican-crafted home argumentation package.

Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., charged that nan taxation cuts and spending measure, which passed nan House and Senate past week by razor-thin margins on astir party-line votes successful nan GOP-controlled chambers, was "immoral, irrational, and impractical."

Rep. Chris Pappas, who's moving successful adjacent year's midterm elections successful nan title to win nan retiring Shaheen, based on that nan measure is "a disaster for nan American people."

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New Hampshire's all-Democrat legislature delegation, from near to right, Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, Sen. Maggie Hassan and Rep. Chris Pappas teamed up successful Manchester, New Hampshire, connected July 8, 2025 to target nan precocious passed Republican-crafted home argumentation measure that President Donald Trump signed into rule past week. (Paul Steinhauser - Fox News)

First-term Rep. Maggie Goodlander claimed that "this measure is going to jack up nan costs of surviving for tens of thousands of group crossed this state."

The caller rule is stuffed afloat of Trump's 2024 run way promises and second-term priorities on taxation cuts, immigration, defense, power and nan indebtedness limit. It includes extending his signature 2017 taxation cuts and eliminating taxes connected tips and overtime pay. 

The measurement besides provides billions for separator information and codifies nan president's arguable migration crackdown.

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However, nan $3.4 trillion legislative package is besides projected to surge nan nationalist indebtedness by $4 trillion complete nan adjacent decade.

Additionally, nan authorities besides restructures Medicaid – nan astir 60-year-old national programme that provides wellness sum to astir 71 cardinal low-income Americans. 

The changes to Medicaid, arsenic good arsenic cuts to nutrient stamps, different 1 of nan nation's awesome information nett programs, were drafted successful portion arsenic an offset to salary for extending Trump's taxation cuts. The measurement includes a slew of caller rules and regulations, including activity requirements for galore of those seeking Medicaid coverage.

President Donald Trump signed nan One, Big Beautiful Bill Act astatine nan White House connected nan Fourth of July. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

For weeks, Democrats person been blasting Republicans complete nan Medicaid and societal information nett cuts.

"This is simply a large bill, and it's sewage a batch of really large provisions that are going to origin moreover much symptom to group successful our authorities who are already struggling pinch nan precocious costs of living," Goodlander said successful a Fox News Digital interview.

She charged that "it includes nan biggest cuts to wellness attraction successful American history" successful bid "to salary for different large taxation trim for group who don't request it." 

The delegation teamed up connected Tuesday in New Hampshire's largest metropolis astatine Waypoint, which notes that it's nan state’s longest-running location and community-based attraction charitable organization. Waypoint officials noted that astir three-quarters of nan group they work are connected Medicaid. 

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Hassan said voters successful New Hampshire are "mobilized" against nan measure.

"The calls are coming successful overwhelmingly against this measure to our offices," nan legislator said. "The outreach to our agency has travel from group from each governmental perspectives, group who self-identify arsenic a Republican aliases a Trump elector aliases an independent aliases a Democrat."

However, pinch Republicans successful power of nan White House, nan House and nan Senate, legislature Democrats person small powerfulness aliases leverage to conflict Trump's second-term agenda.

That is progressively frustrating nan Democrats' base.

"I don’t cognize if fighting soiled is nan term, but surely group are getting frustrated," a New Hampshire-based progressive activistic told Fox News Digital. 

The activist, who asked to stay anonymous to speak much freely, urged nan state’s each Democrat legislature delegation to "introduce a 1000 level amendments, propulsion soil successful nan gears, do something, beryllium much outspoken."

Another Granite State-based activist, who besides asked for anonymity, said that galore progressives consciousness they "are not being serviced by nan existent Democratic Party."

"There is nary dream for these group unless we spot candidates look successful primaries that correspond cosmopolitan free healthcare and nan different slate of issues that group subordinate pinch Sen. Bernie Sanders' statesmanlike campaigns," nan activistic said.

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Republicans person blasted Democrats for voting against nan measure, arsenic they spotlight nan taxation cuts successful nan package. The New Hampshire Republican Party has targeted nan delegation, and Pappas successful particular, for their votes.

"New Hampshire wide Chris Pappas conscionable voted for nan largest taxation hike successful American history," nan authorities statement charged successful a societal media post.

However, Pappas told Fox News past week that "I support targeted taxation cuts for moving people, for our mini businesses and to make judge we are targeting that alleviation to nan group that request it, not to billionaires, to nan biggest corporations."

A memo from nan National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), released minutes aft nan last House transition of nan measure past Thursday, based on that "every Democrat voted to wounded moving families and to protect nan position quo."

The NRCC, which is nan run limb of nan House GOP, emphasized that "House Republicans will beryllium relentless successful making this ballot nan defining rumor of 2026."

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That is good pinch legislature Democrats, who purpose to triumph backmost nan House mostly adjacent year.

Goodlander, who is up for a 2nd two-year legislature word successful adjacent year's midterms, told Fox News "the bottommost statement is this measure is decidedly going to beryllium connected nan ballot successful 2026, and it's going to beryllium a cardinal attraction of nan activity I'm doing, because nan situation that we're up against is simply a costs crisis, and this measure is going to jack up costs crossed nan board."