US EditionTrump’s megabill hits more trouble as Senate conservatives demand changes
- Senators Ron Johnson, Rick Scott, and Mike Lee threatened to block President Trump's 1,000-page legislative package over insufficient spending cuts and Medicaid rollbacks as of June 2025.
- This standoff arises amid disputes over Medicaid funding cuts sharper in the Senate bill than the House version passed last month, and concerns about green energy subsidy repeal timing.
- Sen. Josh Hawley and other moderates opposed Medicaid cuts fearing rural hospital closures, while Medicaid beneficiaries and families, including the Little Lobbyists coalition, urged legislators to vote no.
- Hawley called the prospect of a conference committee a "nightmare scenario" and warned the Medicaid provision threatens the entire bill, while Sen. Elizabeth Warren condemned it as risking financial stability to grant billionaire tax breaks.
- The internal GOP dissent delays progress toward Trump's July 4 signing goal, as Senate Majority Leader John Thune seeks unity amid procedural limits like the Byrd Rule and the Senate’s 53-47 GOP majority.
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Key piece of Trump's megabill hits major snag
The GOP met a procedural roadblock on Friday in their quest to shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Senate parliamentarian said the Senate Banking Committee violated procedural rules in its effort to approve zeroing out the $6.4 billion in funding the bureau receives each year. The ...
'A nightmare scenario': GOP senator warns Trump’s bill may be headed for collapse
President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” may be headed for collapseSen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is warning that sweeping Republican health care legislation included in the bill is in serious jeopardy — calling the prospect of sending it to a conference committee a “nightmare scenario,” Axios reported Friday.Hawley is urging Senate leaders to fix it fast.READ MORE: ‘People Will Die’: Shock Over Trump Shutting Down LGBTQ Youth Suicide Hotlin…
Trump’s Megabill Just Collapsed as Parliamentarian Blocks It and GOP Civil War Erupts
President Donald Trump’s massive legislative package has hit a wall in the Senate. On Thursday, the Senate parliamentarian ruled that several key parts of the bill break the chamber’s rules and must be removed — dealing a major blow to Republican efforts to pass the legislation without Democratic support. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough said that multiple provisions violate the Byrd Rule, which limits what can be included in bills pa…
GOP Lawmakers Issue Ultimatum to Demand Changes to Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' or Face Rejection: 'All Three of Us Have to Be Yes'
A trio of Senate conservatives threaten to derail budget reconciliation unless GOP leaders agree to steep spending cuts and rollbacks of green energy subsidies.
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