Posted on 07/01/2025 10:08:08 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
Despite weeks of hyperbole, Democrat obstruction, and days of votes and amendments to delay, the Senate has finally passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, albeit with a Democrat-forced name change.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted Tuesday to pass a wide-ranging tax-cut and spending bill sought by President Donald Trump. The Democrat name change brought by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., seemed to be a losing shot to take Trump's chosen name off his signature budget reconciliation legislation.
Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote in the Senate 51-50.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., were the three Republicans to boldly break from Trump and the party to vote against the bill.
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act proposes a $4.5 trillion extension of his first term tax cuts. It rolls back billions of dollars in green energy tax credits while providing a $350 billion infusion for border security and Trump's mass deportation program.
With a 53-47 majority, Republicans could afford to lose only three votes — Vice President JD Vance had the power to break a tie.
The bill goes back the House for a potential vote Wednesday.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.; Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.; Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn.; and Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., released the following joint statement after the Senate's passage. The House will consider the bill immediately for final passage and put it on Trump's desk by the Fourth of July.
"The House will work quickly to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill that enacts President Trump’s full America First agenda by the Fourth of July," the joint statement read. "The American people gave us a clear mandate, and after four years of Democrat failure, we intend to deliver without delay.
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Thank you Mr. Vice President!
Pence would have voted No.
The 3 back-stabbing morons: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky...
I understand the Senate stripped away the part about silencers and SPR’s.
I guess it’s good that it passed, but Elon is correct, the bill is a travesty. The worst part about it is that now they’re going to claim this encompassed everything Trump wanted… We will get nothing else. Social Security will still be taxed and that will not change.
“””Pence would have voted No.”” and apologized to the democrats for putting them through all this.
The Big Beautiful Boomer-Rang is going back and forth and knocking the jugheads in their noggins.
Gun grabbing rinos?
And the illegals will continue to get Medicaid for Mommy and daddy, grandma and grandpa that they dragged along over the Darien Pass with them. FREE HEALTHCARE. For the whole famdamily and America gets one FARM HAND. What a deal.
Until they get deported. Deport them all!
I can’t understand every single Dem voting against tax cuts, border security and 100 other things that are good for our country.
Tillis must have been paid a bundle for his no vote and offered a cushy job not to run again......
What is this crazy notion that this is the last bill that will ever be passed in Congress?
I can, I know what Democrats are.
Document your claim.
January 1, 2027, and the departure of Traitor Thom Tillis can’t come soon enough. Ditto for my scumbag Senator, Cornyn (Cornholio). Two disgusting liars, promising conservative votes and actions, but stabbing us in the back behind the scenes. BEGONE!
Sounds like it. I haven’t confirmed it anywhere, I heard the best we get is that they remove the $200 tax, but all other NFA rules apply
While we can do more than one thing at a time, it is highly unlikely we can do everything at once.
And actually losing the $200 fee is not good news because supposedly they’re setting the rate at zero, but making it a sliding scale. So when the Democrats come back and look forward to it $2500 or $5000 fee.
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