Posted on 05/24/2025 2:12:51 PM PDT by RandFan
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) pressed Senate Republicans to advance President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which the House passed earlier this week.
Gingrich said that GOP senators have “every right” to formulate their version of the president’s mega bill, but if they care about the United States economy and their constituents, they will eventually vote to pass it through the upper chamber and get it to Trump’s desk for signing.
“It blocks a huge tax increase, it creates much better regulatory environment. It takes out a great deal of the waste in government. It’s not perfect. Look. We balanced the budget for four straight years for the only time in the last century, but we didn’t do it overnight. We didn’t do it the first or second year,” Gingrich said during his Friday night appearance on Fox News’ “Jesse Waters Primetime.”
“You have to chip away at these things. Get the best you can plan to come back again next year or come back this fall on the appropriations bills, but keep moving,” the former House speaker told guest host Kayleigh McEnany.
Some Republican senators have already flagged portions of the bill they wish to alter, including Medicaid reforms and expressed concerns that the 1,116-page bill, which the House passed Thursday morning, does not have big enough spending cuts to rein in spending.
Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), both fiscal hawks, have said that currently they are opposed to voting for the legislation.
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I don’t have an exact count, but I think there are something like 75 Democrats in the Senate. That makes things hard.
The GOP is a big part of the problem.
A lot of warmed-over Leftists.
No tax on Social Security is NOT in the bill which is RIDICULOUS..they added everything else add that too what the hell..and also get rid of the green new scam why are those incentives still in there
I thought it was closer to 90
I think there are parliamentarian reasons why the current bill cannot contain the No Tax on Social Security. I forget the details, but apparently they will need a separate bill to properly get rid of the tax. But the rest of the flaws seem to be with GOP members who cannot bear to support Trump.
Well the no tax on social security better be made in a new bill PRONTO..and the green new scam is something that needs to be removed NOW no clue why the hell they even left that in there
Fiscal Hawks my butt
Correct. Has to be a stand alone bill.
why is the “green scam” in there?
Simple they have money’ed supporters making dough on it.
They probably get a cut too.
Tillis is a good example of a rino who should retire.
He’ll get replaced by Roy Cooper.
A lot of these so-called “conservatives” are just Leftists hiding behind upholding the tyranny of the status quo.
So, are DOGE cuts DOA? Are any useless agencies to be cut?
Agree. No tax on SS better be a promise kept. My father was upset about this and his ‘senior’ friends were too. They deserve it and are a massive voting block. Could cost Repubs the midterms.
He’s done in 2026. The democrat will win regardless of this vote. Cooper is popular.
Rino’s Don’t support those kind of cuts
To be avoided: my pet issue or the highway.
Yeah, Schumer is still Majority Leader.
If that is true, I wish Republicans would say that. Their silence on not taxing SS has been deafening.
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