WASHINGTON (SBG) - The House passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Build Back Better Act in a vote of 220 to 231 Friday morning. The bill must now go to the Senate, where all 50 members of the Senate Democratic caucus must support it to pass.

“There's very little that Republicans can do at this point. This is all going to be in the hands of the Democrat Party,” said Congressman Byron Donalds to The National Desk’s Jan Jeffcoat. “Whatever the implications are, are also going to be all in the hands of the Democrat Party.”

Rep. Donalds claims that a number of the programs included in the bill are set to run for one or two years to “make the budget score look right” - but in truth, progressive Democrats want a number of the programs to be permanent.

“The reality is that there’s a lot of budget gimmicks in this bill,” said Rep. Donalds. “They're not being honest with the American people about the true costs and the true implication of their social spending.”

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke for eight hours and 32 minutes Thursday night in an effort to delay the vote, concluding finally at 5:10 am Friday.

“This is how dire this bill is for the country and our economic prospects going forward,” said Rep. Donalds. “What this is going to be is a fundamental transformation of our economy from a labor perspective.”

Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have been outspoken about their opposition to parts of the Build Back Better agenda.

“I think what they’re going to do is they’re going to tinker with it in the Senate,” said Rep. Donalds.

Saule Omarova, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be Comptroller of the Currency, faced intense questioning during her nomination hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. Rep. Donalds claims that Omarova “is a communist” with “a disdain for capitalism.”

“All of her statements with respect to doing away with personal bank accounts and having people's bank accounts being run by the Federal Reserve so the federal government can put money into accounts and also take money out of accounts, the fact that she wants to see our energy infrastructure actually be depleted and wants the energy companies to go away, these things are grounds for unwinding our economy and making it much more of a socialist and much more of a government-run economy,” said Rep. Donalds.

Moderate Senators such as John Tester of Montana and Mark Warner of Virginia could be a possible threat to Omarova’s nomination - but Rep. Donalds says that more Democrats should be concerned.

“The mere fact that such a nominee was even suggested demonstrates where the modern Democrat Party is with respect to their belief in capitalism and a laissez-faire economy,” said Rep. Donalds. “Unfortunately, we have too many Democrats who think that a nominee like this and ideals like that are okay.”

As inflation and supply chain issues continue, Rep. Donalds says that small businesses are “not coping.”

“It’s harder for them to get shipments because there are less trucks on the road. All this is tied to inflation. The rising energy costs have increased everything across the board,” said Rep. Donalds. “When energy costs go up, those costs go through the entire economy. Small business owners are on the frontlines of this because they don't have the capacity to raise prices with impunity.”