House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference after passage of the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump’s signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The legislation now heads to the House for possible final approval, though a handful of Republicans there have already voiced opposition.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and his lieutenants still have work to do with the House to meet a July 4 deadline to get the tax bill to President Donald Trump's desk for his signing. (Tom Brenner/For The Washington Post) You could argue that the easy part is over.