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Dulcinea

(8,954 posts)
Thu May 15, 2025, 05:21 AM May 2025

The latest roadblock for House Republicans' 'big beautiful bill': Senate Republicans

(NPR) As House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., feverishly works to finalize the details of a massive package that includes major portions of President Trump's agenda, many Senate Republicans are dismissing the legislation before it is even finished in the House.

"Unfortunately, it's a sad joke," Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson said Wednesday

"Wimpy," and "anemic" were the words Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., used to describe the spending cuts in the proposal.

The House package, which the speaker still says he wants to advance through the chamber before the Memorial Day recess, aims for $1.5 trillion in spending cuts to offset the costs of making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent. It also contains tax breaks that Trump campaigned on in 2024 — no taxes on tips and overtime — but those provisions are temporary.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5398566/trump-budget-taxes-medicaid-senate

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The latest roadblock for House Republicans' 'big beautiful bill': Senate Republicans (Original Post) Dulcinea May 2025 OP
Let's hope so! BlueMTexpat May 2025 #1
Oops! Dem4life1970 May 2025 #2
LOL Skittles May 2025 #3

Dem4life1970

(960 posts)
2. Oops!
Fri May 16, 2025, 08:39 PM
May 2025

Remember "No Tax on Tips"? The GOP forgot to include that in The Big Ugly Bill. I am sure it was an administrative oversight and will be re-written to include it at some point. Hey, are you interested in some prime swamp land in Florida? Call 1-800-fake-realtor. 😆😉

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