Senate GOP unveils text, changes for massive Trump tax bill

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

06/28/25 1:16 AM ET


Senate Republicans late Friday night unveiled most of the legislative text for their mammoth tax and spending package as the GOP pushes to pass it in the coming days and have it on President Trump’s desk before July 4.

The bill, which checked in at 940 pages, was released shortly before the stroke of midnight and included a number of key changes in order to win the OK from both a set of key holdouts and the Senate parliamentarian, who forced the GOP to scrap a number of provisions they had hoped to use as key savings for the package.

“If you like higher taxes, open borders, a weak military and unchecked government spending, this bill is your nightmare,” Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in a statement. “The Big Beautiful Bill contains all of President Trump’s domestic economic priorities. By passing this bill now, we will make our nation more prosperous and secure,” he added.

One of the key changes centered on the chamber’s planned alterations to the federal cap on Medicaid provider taxes, which marked a deeper cut to the program than the freeze in the initial House-passed measure. The Senate’s initial plan was to cut the provider tax from 6 percent to 3.5 percent over a five-year stretch starting in fiscal 2027. That cut was pushed back until 2028 after complaints from a number of members, including Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who said on Friday night he was a “no” without changes.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5374725-senate-gop-trump-bill-text/mlite/

[Lovie777]

1. That 3rd paragraph depicts the GQP to a tee.......................

[doc03]

2. Big Billionaire Benefit nt

[badgolfer]

3. Senator Graham

So now we can trust Senator Graham with his statement? LOL

What are Trump's domestic economic priorities, make the Trump family super rich?

[in2herbs]

4. So Tillis doesn't want some changes until 2028. IMO he sees the sea change and waiting for changes until

2028 so that the Ds can be blamed.

He must be confident of the coming blue tsunami.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. He's up for reelection in 2026

so he doesn't want this fiasco to hit the fan during the year he has to run for office in a swing state.

[in2herbs]

8. But the presidential election is for 2028 and given that people blame a bad economy on the

person who is in office as President, IMO he and all other Rs are depending on the electorate to remain ignorant and blame the economy on whoever is president in 2028, which is expected to be a democrat.

I have read articles that there are other provisions in the BBB that are delaying full implementation of the cuts until 2028.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. However the first midterms after a Presidential election

tends to bring about the picking up of seats by the "opposite" party from the President.

In 2010 - the first midterm after Obama's election, we were blown away in both Chambers and completely lost the House after finally getting it back in 2006 (a midterm during Shrub's 2nd election), for the first time since getting blown out by the (R)s in 1994 (a Clinton mid term).

In 2014, the first midterm after Obama's 2nd term, we lost the Senate. In 2018, the first midterm after 45's election, Democrats took back the House for the first time in a dozen years with the "blue tsunami". We then had a freak "pickup" in 2020 in the Senate for Biden's election, but then started losing again during the 2022 election (lost the House), and finally got finished off in the Senate during the 2024 election.

So those midterms are important!

[republianmushroom]

6. Well taxpayers, you are about to be royally SCREWED.

[Prairie Gates]

7. BBB - the US credit rating after this idiocy passes