It passed in the Senate
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Vice President JD Vance broke a 50-50 tie to push it over the top. The three Republicans opposing the bill were Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky.
https://apnews.com/article/congress-tax-cuts-trump-big-bill-bf3f94471b13db3e5d50f0cd1f8fe793
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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) said in a post on social media that he will introduce an amendment to the Senate bill that would delete all its text and replace it with the version passed by the House in May.
One House Republican, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Axios there are "well over 20" GOP lawmakers threatening to vote against the bill.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/mike-johnson-trump-big-beautiful-bill
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So much packed into this bill. Hard to be brief; it's called the "one big beautiful bill" for a reason.
My biggest concern is the price tag. We keep spending way more money than we have. And this bill takes money from people who don't have much and gives it to people who do.
And we are leaving a lot of people behind when it comes to medical care. Kaiser has a great summary of changes to a lot of programs.
https://www.kff.org/tracking-the-medicaid-provisions-in-the-2025-budget-bill/
CNN hits the highlights of how this will affect various groups:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/politics/congress-senate-bill-tax-spending-trump-gop-explainer
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So much packed into this bill. Hard to be brief; it's called the "one big beautiful bill" for a reason.
My biggest concern is the price tag. We keep spending way more money than we have. And this bill takes money from people who don't have much and gives it to people who do.
And we are leaving a lot of people behind when it comes to medical care. Kaiser has a great summary of changes to a lot of programs.
https://www.kff.org/tracking-the-medicaid-provisions-in-the-2025-budget-bill/
CNN hits the highlights of how this will affect various groups:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/politics/congress-senate-bill-tax-spending-trump-gop-explainer
@wtg said in It passed in the Senate:
We keep spending way more money than we have. And this bill takes money from people who don't have much and gives it to people who do.
Yeah, I would be quite OK with spending money we don't have on investments, like infrastructure, resource development, education, R&D, etc.
Unfortunately it looks like this bill takes on huge deficits to cut taxes for the very rich.
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That’s the whole purpose. Always was.
