US EditionGOP Senator Draws Red Line on Trump Megabill
- The House passed the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' in May 2025, aimed at enacting President Trump's domestic priorities including tax cuts and Medicaid changes.
- The bill's progress followed intense debates over deficit concerns and Medicaid cuts, with some Republican senators opposing these provisions as morally and politically harmful.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune can only afford to lose three Republican votes in the 100-member Senate, where the bill moves forward through reconciliation allowing passage by simple majority.
- The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that the bill's tax provisions would increase the deficit by approximately $3.8 trillion within the next decade, a forecast that has drawn criticism from both the White House and several Republican lawmakers.
- Key GOP senators like Ron Johnson and Rand Paul oppose the bill as unsustainable, and Treasury Secretary Bessent warned failure to raise the debt limit by August could trigger a financial crisis.
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Daily Journal
Trump pushes GOP to meet July 4 deadline for funding megabill
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump took to social media to urge congressional Republicans to “work as fast as they can” to send the massive budget reconciliation bill to his desk by July 4.
The GOP megabill is moving to the Senate, where big changes could be in store
The fate of legislation to enact President Trump’s domestic policy agenda moves to the GOP-controlled Senate this week, where a handful of Republican spending hawks are criticizing the price tag of the president’s mega-bill, which would grow the national debt by trillions of dollars, and calling for changes.In May, the House narrowly passed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" — which would cut taxes and increase border and military spending, while …
Political Wire
MSNGOP Senator Draws Red Line on Trump Megabill
“Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is used to watching his fellow GOP senators look at their shoes during closed-door meetings when he waves his charts and digs in his heels on the fiscal policies that are the foundation of his political career,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “But when lawmakers return to work this week, he is determined to make them look up and pay attention.” “The three-term Republican is insisting on deeper spending cuts in Presiden…
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