US EditionSenate Republicans Push for Major Amendments to Trump's Tax and Spending Bill
- Senate Republicans are seeking major changes to President Trump's tax and spending bill after its narrow House passage on May 23, 2025.
- The bill faces disagreement due to differences like making tax cuts permanent, debt ceiling increase inclusion, clean energy credit repeals, and food aid cost shifts.
- Key concerns include spending cuts to Medicaid and food aid, spectrum auction provisions, AI regulation limits, and the bill's impact on rural health and energy sectors.
- The bill includes a $4 trillion debt limit increase and $290 billion in food aid savings, while Trump endorses it and warns, 'Don't touch it, Josh.'
- The Senate aims for a July 4 deadline to prevent a debt default, but approval requires at least 51 votes amid a 53-Republican narrow majority and notable objections.
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Not done yet: Senate Republicans plan changes to House's Trump tax-cuts bill
Senate Republicans said on Thursday they will seek substantial changes to President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill after it narrowly won approval in the House of Representatives.
3 Ways GOP Senators Could Blow Up Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill
Despite the excitement over House passage of Trump’s big beautiful bill, Senate Republicans could blow it all up. There are as many factions in the upper chamber as in the House. Both chambers have to agree on the final product. It won’t be easy.
‘I Can’t Support It’: GOP Senators Vow to Block Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, Demand a Rewrite
President Trump’s massive 1,116-page legislative package, proudly dubbed his “big beautiful bill,” is in serious trouble as it hits the Senate. A growing number of Republican senators are lining up against it, demanding major changes—or a total rewrite. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was quick to slam the bill Thursday. “We’ve never, ever voted to raise the debt ceiling this much,” he said. “It’ll be a historic increase. I think it’s not good for conser…
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