
Democrats are signaling they plan to make President Donald Trump's sprawling "big, beautiful bill" a central weapon in their campaign to retake the House of Representatives in 2026.
In a memo obtained by Axios, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) argued Republicans in swing districts will pay a steep political price for supporting the bill, which extends Trump's 2017 tax cuts and significantly boosts military and border spending while slashing Medicaid, food assistance, and clean energy tax credits.