Congress

Democrats Hate Trump’s Budget Law — Except the Parts They Want

Some Democrats are celebrating a handful of provisions tucked into Republicans’ sweeping tax and domestic policy law, despite voting against it.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
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By Riley Rogerson and Em Luetkemeyer

September 10, 2025 05:06 AM

Democrats don’t have many good things to say about President Donald Trump’s signature tax and domestic policy law — except when they do.

“There is one diamond within this sludge,” Rep. Wesley Bell of Missouri told NOTUS.

Bell was referring to the law’s reauthorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which provides payments to people sickened by radiation from the U.S. nuclear weapons program.