Senate Passes Big, Beautiful Bill
The U.S. Senate, by a 51-49 vote late Saturday night, approved President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill. There’s still some haggling to occur as the Senate and House bills are slightly different.
This should ensure that Trump’s massive proposed tax cuts and spending cuts get enacted, including the provision to eliminate taxes on tips. However, it’s not clear if the negotiations will finish in time for the bill to be signed into law on the Fourth of July, as Trump and the Republicans have been promising.
The vote stayed open for nearly three hours Saturday as Vice President J.D. Vance wrangled with dissenting and hold-out Republicans to get a majority vote. That included Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina. Here’s more from Steve Turley on the significance of the process and how Trump disarmed the RINOs.
