But, alas, not everyone was invited to the party 🎂. Despite the Republican leadership’s valiant efforts to rally the troops, the bill faced opposition from within Trump’s own party. Those dastardly GOP lawmakers, Thomas Massie and Brian Fitzpatrick, voted against it in the House, joining their Senate colleagues Rand Paul, Susan Collins, and Thom Tillis, who had previously voiced their discontent. Their concerns, quite valid, one might add, revolved around the steep cuts to Medicaid, the expanded tax breaks for the wealthy, and the very real fear that the package could blow the national deficit to smithereens 💸.