Senate GOP Passes Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill"

🔗 https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/senate-gop-passes-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-vote
Posted on Jan 1, 1

Overview & Context

📅 Published: July 1, 2025 • 📍 Source: Axios

The Senate passed President Trump’s signature legislative package—dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill—in a 51–50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking the tie.

🧩 What’s in the Bill

  • Combines tax reform, border security, and defense spending into one sweeping package.
  • Includes an increase in rural healthcare funding to $50 billion, securing support from key swing-vote Senators like Susan Collins.
  • Makes permanent the 2017 Trump tax cuts, along with new tax breaks (e.g., eliminating taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits).

📈 Fiscal Impact & Concerns

  • The Congressional Budget Office estimates it will raise the national debt by approximately $3.3 trillion over the next decade.
  • Deficit hawks and moderates warned against Medicaid cuts and other potential impacts on the safety net.

🏛️ Next Steps & Political Context

  • With the Senate hurdle cleared, the bill must return to the House, where moderate and conservative Republicans continue to raise objections.
  • Public support is tepid, and internal GOP divisions—highlighted by vocal critics like Thom Tillis and Rand Paul—are intensifying.

Citation

Axios. (2025, July 1). Senate GOP Passes Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”. Retrieved from https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/senate-gop-passes-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-vote
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