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Senate Begins Floor Debate on Trump's Budget Bill

Senate Begins Floor Debate on Trump's Budget Bill

Senate Begins Floor Debate on Trump's Budget Bill
Above: U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune walks at the U.S. Capitol on June 30, 2025. Image credit: Al Drago/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Spin

This historic bill delivers on Trump's promises to forgotten Americans — cutting taxes, securing the border, protecting children, and empowering families. Republicans must unite now to pass it and launch a new Golden Age for the nation.

Trump's bill isn't beautiful — it's reckless. It slashes Medicaid, explodes the deficit, and rewards the wealthy while gutting protections for working families. Republicans should reject a plan that breaks promises and hurts the vulnerable.

Left or right, this bill isn't for the average American — it's a donor-class jackpot that, even if you're in favor of slashing federal health care costs, will explode the national deficit and rig the system for corporations and billionaires. When Wall Street wins and working families lose, it's not policy, it's a payoff.

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 73.1% chance that Trump will sign into law the reconciliation bill in July or August 2025, according to the Metaculus prediction community.



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