My Turn: The Big Beautiful Bill

The Big Beautiful Bill is the 'final burial of compassionate conservatism'

(RNS) — A lot has changed in the GOP over the last quarter century.

My Turn: The big beautiful bill

I should have known they’d get it all wrong. Oh, I’ve heard the woke socialists moaning and whining: “He doesn’t listen to people around him.” Listen? I listen. I’m the best listener who ever lived; my hearing is off the charts. But nobody listens to me! I never said I wanted a big beautiful bill, in the singularity tense. I said bills, in the plurality tense.

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ gives school choice advocates partial victory with more to do

Aria Valvano, left, and Milania Phillips, third graders at St. Ephrem Catholic Academy in the Dyker Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., sing during a Mass at St. Ephrem Church Jan. 26, 2025, marking the start of national Catholic Schools Week. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) By Kimberley Heatherington, OSV News (OSV News) — With the passage of President Donald J. Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” — which the president signed into law at a Whit…

ANALYSIS: 'Big Beautiful Bill' gives school-choice advocates partial victory with more to do - Catholic Review

With the passage of President Donald J. Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” — which the president signed into law at a White House ceremony July 4 — many Catholic educators and parents are celebrating: The approved version creates a new federal tax credit for individuals who make donations to 501(c)(3) public charities providing scholarships to elementary or secondary school pupils. The creation of the new provision could lead to increased contribu…