Posted on 05/23/2025 6:16:00 AM PDT by RandFan
The 1,116-page bill the House passed early Thursday morning to enact President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda faces a swarm of objections from Senate Republicans.
GOP senators are calling for a rewrite of the bill to address concerns ranging from Medicaid reforms and the phase-out of clean energy incentives to the sale of government owned spectrum bands and the bill’s projected impact on the federal debt.
The deal that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struck with Republicans from blue states to raise the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions from $10,000 to $40,000 is also a sticking point with Republican senators.
The biggest obstacle may be the threatened opposition from Senate conservatives who say the bill doesn’t do nearly enough to cut future deficits, which are projected to exceed $2 trillion annually for the next two years.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) immediately announced his opposition to the House-passed bill Thursday, vowing to vote against it unless Senate Republican leaders remove a provision to raise the federal debt limit by $4 trillion over the next two years.
“We’ve never, ever voted to raise the debt ceiling this much. It’ll be a historic increase. I think it’s not good for conservatives to be on the record supporting a $4 trillion or $5 trillion increase in the debt ceiling,” he said.
“The anticipated deficits per year now will be $2 trillion a year for the next two years,” he added. “It’s not conservative, I can’t support it.”
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), an outspoken fiscal hawk, said Thursday that there are four Senate Republican conservatives who will vote against the House bill as currently drafted, which would be enough to sink the bill if there is full attendance.
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The RAT RINOS and their “media” toadies can’t wait. The faster they can tear this thing apart the happier the RAT RINO fags are going to be.
And i’m sure you’re a fan of one of the objectors!
But I wouldn’t say Rand and Ron Johnson are notable RINOs, would you?🤔
Sure, Lisa M and Susan Collins but not those 2 and there are others he claims.
“Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ faces a swarm of Senate GOP objections”
The Diva Party continues to prove the Democrats are right saying they can’t govern.
If they sink this thing, they are RINOs. JMO.
I like Johnson as well and he’s against it
It’s seriously in trouble in the Senate (or very close)
idk the exact numbers
This seems really off:
“The provision would provide for funding for roughly one million annual removals, 10,000 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel and detention capacity to maintain a population of at least 100,000 aliens.”
Only 1 million a year out? That’s 3 million out of 60 million by the end of Trump’s term—an insignificant dent.
But detention for 100,000? Do we now have “ICE camps”, instead of FEMA camps, going up across the country?
But Trump does tend to win.
So there’s that.
Adding $4 trillion to the debt is insurance that the GOPe congress will lose in 2026 as is typical, these congressional RINOs like it that way as it helps on their kickbacks from donors. Fair guess the senate will rearrange it a little rather than gut it like they should as well as pushing Trump’s agenda through. Welcome to $40,000,000,000,000 in debt.
Senate , “WHERE’S ALL THE PORK ?”
RINO-type Republicans are like crabs in a pot.
Democrats don’t have to do a thing, just sit back and watch.
The Congress needs to start codifying the DOGE cuts.
Why aren’t they doing that?
Good question.
They should just extend the 2017 tax bill and that’s it but that’s not happening unfortunately.
I think you know the answer
Ahem this is the little rats at The Hill so moving on
Is this being reported by a reputable news source ?
First Trump would not win, then the House wouldn’t pass his bill, now this. It’s so predicable and tiring from the corrupt media.
I don’t much like the bill.
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