Posted on 06/20/2025 8:21:05 AM PDT by RandFan
The Senate version of legislation to enact President Trump’s agenda is hitting new turbulence as conservatives led by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are demanding deeper spending cuts to address the nation’s $2.2 trillion annual deficit.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has focused this week on addressing the concerns of Senate GOP colleagues such as Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), who raised alarms about cuts to federal Medicaid spending.
But Thune has to worry about his right flank as Johnson and his allies are threatening to hold up the bill unless GOP leaders agree to deeper cuts to federal Medicaid spending and a faster rollback of the renewable energy tax credits enacted under former President Biden.
Johnson, Lee and Scott are threatening to vote as a bloc against the bill next week unless it undergoes significant changes.
Thune plans to bring the bill to the floor Wednesday or Thursday next week, but he may not have enough votes to proceed on the legislation, Republican senators say.
“There’s no way I vote for this thing next week,” Johnson told reporters.
“I don’t want to go the Nancy Pelosi route, ‘You got to pass this bill to know what’s in it,’” he added, referring to the Democratic Speaker emerita who represents California.
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There are conservatives in the Senate?............ Who knew!?!?!!?...............
One bite at a time guys.
3 of them have found their voice + Rand is enough
IF they stand firm...
More cuts on the Big Fat Beautiful bill is a good thing.
“...alarms about cuts to federal Medicaid spending for illegal aliens.
They left out that part...Of course, it’s from The Shill....errrr...The Hill....
The Ghost of McCain roams the halls.....................
McCain was awful.
I could use some more far-reaching tax relief, since I’m not subject to overtime or earn tips.
It’s always the same with crooks. “If we cut the amount of the loot someone might start talking”.
Prancing assholes STFU and pass the bill. Do they think they are winning votes if they don’t pass the effing thing? So sick of this clown show.
I’m all for cutting spending and NO PORK.
They’re still in the “Strutting and Soundbite” phase. Some will fall in line, others include Murky will want to be the last hold-out “Decider” or just vote against it because they know they’ll be re-elected anyway.
What a sad excuse for “elected representatives”. They can’t possibly represent their constituents because while idiots abound, they are nowhere near the percentage we see in the US Congress.
Is it accurate to say whatever form of the Big Beautiful Bill that is passed will immediately be struck down by a leftwing activist federal judge?
Dear Constituent,,
President Trump offered a bill to make it for you to prosper.Yout Senator by voting no, shows he does not want you to prosper.
“”””I could use some more far-reaching tax relief, since I’m not subject to overtime or earn tips.””””
You can do a sort of tax decrease for yourself by paying the price that the owner charges for his meals and writes down on the menu, also things like if you are a member of Walmart+, then expect and utilize the free delivery that you pay the fee for and that you were promised and ignore the tip prompts that Walmart slips into to your free delivery program.
I have no idea what you just wrote.
They will have to get past the liberal Parlimentarian first. She already denied some spending cuts.
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Pork will never be cut unless ...see my tag line!
If you don’t know what Walmart plus is then fine, but surely you have some eating out experience and some experience with the world of tipping?
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