The GOP fears Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ is ‘debt bomb’

The Hill ^ | 05/27/25 6:00 AM ET | by Alexander Bolton

[blackdog]

Agreed times ten. And.....why are people on Medicaid not on Obamacare? (Affordable Care Act)

By stated purpose, you can't have both as a plan for public assistance. You can have one or the other. They are a duplicate function.

Just legislate Medicaid into the dumpster and move everyone onto Obamacare. (Affordable Care Act)

[aimhigh]

The last sentence of this big bill:

SEC. 113001. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The limitation under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, as most recently increased by section 401(b) of Public Law 118-5 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is increased by $4,000,000,000,000.

[Fledermaus]

They don’t really care. The GOP never lifted a finger to lower debt or spending.

It’s all politicians being jerks.

Vote them out.

So far, looks like the only ones complaining aren’t up until 2028 or 2030.

Big talkers.

[Fledermaus]

Don’t confuse the pearl clutching, crystal ball readers on FR with facts.

Hurts their 4 IQ points.

[Bullish]

Since the GOP never really fights the democrats and never wants to reign in the massive corruption in spending, this is not surprising.

[mass55th]

As if Republican Congressional members as a whole have ever really worried about the debt. The majority of them are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites.

[curious7]

There are a LOT of negative narratives about this bill - and all the usual suspects and rinos appear to be lying through their teeth. Here’s a sane summary: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2025/05/26/stephen-miller-addresses-these-false-claims-about-the-big-beautiful-bill-n2657644

[Zhang Fei]

[As I said, the four Republican noes in the senate are all talk, but no fix.]

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That’s the nature of legislative bodies. Trump is the unitary executive. He was the last word on the bloated budget he handed to Congress. The 535 people in Congress have to work something out that Trump won’t veto. Maybe impossible, since Trump has insisted on much of the bloat. For Trump, fixing means passing this monstrosity with the 7% deficit he wants.

[mbrfl]

>”Rick Scott of Florida is a NO On the BBB
It’s over, Freepers...”

Don’t count on it.

[FreeReign]

Maybe impossible, since Trump has insisted on much of the bloat.

Wrong.

Trump told Senator Lee to make the BBB better.

So far, they've produced nothing.

It's as I said. The four Republican noes in the senate are all talk, but no fix.