Donald Trump ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Overnight Hearing Skewered: ‘Not Normal’
May 21, 2025
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Khaleda Rahman is Newsweek’s National Correspondent based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news. Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the MailOnline in London, New York and Sydney. She is a graduate of University College London. Languages: English. You can get in touch with Khaleda by emailing k.rahman@newsweek.com
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Democrats have criticized the timing of a hearing on President Donald Trump‘s much-touted tax cuts bill, calling it “not normal.”
The House Rules Committee scheduled an unusual 1 a.m. ET hearing on Wednesday where members are debating details of the measure.
During the hearing, Representative Jim McGovern, the top Democrat on the panel, questioned why the hearing was not being held “at 1pm, not 1am” if Republicans are so proud of it.
“This is not normal,” he said, according to a post on Bluesky from legal analyst Joyce Vance.
In an earlier post on X, McGovern wrote: “If Donald Trump’s big beautiful tax break for billionaires is so great… why not pass it in prime time? Why jam it through in the middle of the night? What don’t they want you to know? They have such contempt for the American people.”
Ranking Member on the House Rules Committee Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) speaks alongside Committee Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) during a Rules Committee meeting on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol… Ranking Member on the House Rules Committee Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) speaks alongside Committee Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) during a Rules Committee meeting on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2025.
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