{"id":863866,"date":"2025-07-20T22:13:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-big-beautiful-bill\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T22:13:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:13:13","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-big-beautiful-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-trumps-big-beautiful-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything you need to know about Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/trump-administration\/415825\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-congress-deficit-tax-cuts\">big, beautiful bill<\/a>\u201d is the centerpiece of his legislative agenda, and the stakes are high.<\/p>\n<p>The bill has four major pillars: renewing his 2017 tax cuts, implementing new tax cuts, spending billions on a border wall, US Customs and Border Protection, and the military, and increasing the debt ceiling. The bill itself is a smorgasbord of policy and could also affect clean energy programs, student loans, and food assistance, but perhaps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/health\/417639\/trump-medicaid-health-insurance-big-beautiful-bill\">the most consequential changes will be to Medicaid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was approved by the House in May and passed a key Senate vote on Saturday. Republicans are divided over competing priorities; some want to extend Trump\u2019s tax cuts and boost immigration and defense spending, while others worry about the $2.6 trillion cost and cuts to Medicaid. Republican lawmakers aim to pass the bill by Friday using budget reconciliation, but it\u2019s unclear if all 53 Republican senators will agree.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Follow along here for the latest news, explainers, and analysis.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"updates-section\">\n<ul>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE4NjY4\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Christian Paz\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195297\/IMG_1199.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/418668\/trump-bill-reconciliation-unpopular-republican-backlash\">Trump is about to notch his biggest legislative win \u2014\u00a0but it could come at a cost<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-CONGRESS\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/gettyimages-2202775461.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"US-POLITICS-TRUMP-CONGRESS\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/gettyimages-2202775461.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump has achieved his biggest legislative victory yet: his \u201cone big, beautiful bill\u201d \u2014 the massive<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/418187\/big-beautiful-bill-senate-trump-tax-cut-ai-wind-solar\"> tax<\/a>&#8211; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/health-care\/418431\/big-beautiful-bill-lose-medicaid-trump\">Medicaid<\/a>-cutting, immigration and border spending bill that passed the Senate on Tuesday \u2014 has now been passed by the House of Representatives. It goes to his desk today to be signed into law.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a massive piece of legislation, likely to increase the national debt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/senate-obbba-charts\">by<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/senate-obbba-charts\">at least<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cbo-trump-tax-bill-republicans-senate-5f591bea21bd95eec45ba90c93c50687\">$3 trillion<\/a>, mostly through tax cuts, and leave 17 million Americans without health coverage \u2014 and it\u2019s really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/01\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-polling?utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_campaign=editorial\">unpopular<\/a>. Majorities in nearly every reputable poll taken this month disapprove of the bill, ranging from 42 percent who oppose the bill in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/06\/17\/budget-bill-poll\/\">an Ipsos poll<\/a> (compared to 23 percent who support) to 64 percent who oppose it in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/poll-finding\/kff-health-tracking-poll-views-of-the-one-big-beautiful-bill\/\">a KFF poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/418668\/trump-bill-reconciliation-unpopular-republican-backlash\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE4NDMx\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Dylan Scott\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/13931\/profile_pic.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/health-care\/418431\/big-beautiful-bill-lose-medicaid-trump\">Republicans now own America\u2019s broken health care system<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"US-POLITICS-ECONOMY-CONGRESS\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2222675010.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"US-POLITICS-ECONOMY-CONGRESS\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2222675010.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE4NTYz\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Umair Irfan\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/191621\/umair.0.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/climate\/418563\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-clean-energy-fossil-climate\">Trump\u2019s plan to replace clean energy with fossil fuels has some major problems<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Industrial nights in Nitro West Virginia\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1902316419.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0.014513788098689%2C100%2C99.970972423803&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Industrial nights in Nitro West Virginia\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-1902316419.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0.014513788098689%2C100%2C99.970972423803&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE4Mzgw\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Dylan Matthews\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/headshot_blueshirt_medium.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=3.55%2C4.8066592786263%2C71.2953125%2C47.559914713542&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/418380\/big-beautiful-bill-ai-data-center\">The One Big Beautiful Bill is one big disaster for AI<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Trump To Announce New AI Investment Push With OpenAI, Softbank, Oracle\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/gettyimages-2194585190.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Trump To Announce New AI Investment Push With OpenAI, Softbank, Oracle\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/gettyimages-2194585190.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>To hear many smart AI observers tell it, the day of Wednesday, June 25, 2025, represented the moment when Congress started to take the possibility of advanced AI seriously.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion was a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/Committee\/Calendar\/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=118428\">hearing of Congress\u2019s \u201cwe\u2019re worried about China\u201d committee<\/a> (or, more formally, the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party) focused on the US-China AI competition. Members of both parties used the event to express concern that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transformernews.ai\/p\/congress-ccp-agi-hearing\">surprisingly strident and detailed<\/a> about the near-term risks posed by artificial general intelligence (AGI) or even artificial superintelligence (ASI).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/future-perfect\/418380\/big-beautiful-bill-ai-data-center\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE4MzE0\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Andrew Prokop\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/14413\/Screen_Shot_2017-11-09_at_10.54.58_AM.0.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/418314\/big-beautiful-bill-trump-republicans-congress\">The Republican tax bill, explained in 500 words<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"US-POLITICS-ECONOMY-CONGRESS\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2222672498.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"US-POLITICS-ECONOMY-CONGRESS\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2222672498.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans are barreling ahead to try to pass President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d \u2014 legislation that somehow manages to combine massive fiscal irresponsibility with devastating spending cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would keep the \u201cTrump tax cuts\u201d originally passed in 2017 in place, while adding some new tax breaks and new spending on immigration enforcement and the military.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/418314\/big-beautiful-bill-trump-republicans-congress\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE3OTk1\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Nicole Narea\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195358\/Narea-061720221_054.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/417995\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-abortion-planned-parenthood-reproductive\">The Republican spending bill is a disaster for reproductive rights<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Abortion Rights Activists Counter Protest Against Anti-Abortion Supporters\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-1471238160.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0.0071428571428598%2C0%2C99.985714285714%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Abortion Rights Activists Counter Protest Against Anti-Abortion Supporters\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-1471238160.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0.0071428571428598%2C0%2C99.985714285714%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Three years after the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, Republicans in Congress are poised to further erode access to abortion and reproductive care.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d would not only directly threaten reproductive care by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/poll-finding\/kff-health-tracking-poll-views-of-the-one-big-beautiful-bill\/\">defunding Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers<\/a>, it would also incentivize insurers for Affordable Care Act plans in some states to drop abortion coverage or make it significantly more expensive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/417995\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-abortion-planned-parenthood-reproductive\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE4MTg3\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Eric Levitz\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197405\/EricLevitzcrop.0.0.jpeg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/418187\/big-beautiful-bill-senate-trump-tax-cut-ai-wind-solar\">The most surprising victim of Trump\u2019s terrible tax agenda<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"President Trump Speaks On Recent Supreme Court Rulings At The White House\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-2222468342.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C1.0963874428143%2C100%2C97.807225114371&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"President Trump Speaks On Recent Supreme Court Rulings At The White House\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-2222468342.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C1.0963874428143%2C100%2C97.807225114371&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Republican Party\u2019s saving grace is supposed to be its commitment to economic growth and consumer abundance. <\/p>\n<p>Sure, the GOP may see unemployed cancer patients <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-budget-bill-medicaid-health-insurance\/\">as shiftless mooches<\/a> \u2014 and the Lorax as literature\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/climate\/395897\/trump-executive-orders-climate-paris-agreement-oil-gas\">greatest villain<\/a> \u2014 but for precisely those reasons, Republicans are allegedly able stewards of industrial development: Unconstrained by concerns about inequality, the environment, or social justice, the GOP will unleash the private sector\u2019s productive potential. Republicans won\u2019t balance Americans\u2019 hunger for cheap gasoline against their enlightened interest in cleaner air or a cooler planet \u2014 they\u2019ll get you the cheap fuel <em>now<\/em>. And they won\u2019t weigh America\u2019s stake in technological supremacy against the risks of unregulated innovation \u2014 they\u2019ll give cutting-edge companies whatever they need to achieve global dominance. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/418187\/big-beautiful-bill-senate-trump-tax-cut-ai-wind-solar\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE3NjM5\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Dylan Scott\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/13931\/profile_pic.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/health\/417639\/trump-medicaid-health-insurance-big-beautiful-bill\">The devastating impact of Trump\u2019s big, beautiful bill, in one chart<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Vox_Trump_01\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Vox_Trump_01.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Vox_Trump_01\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Vox_Trump_01.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Paige Vickers\/Vox; Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While public attention has largely been focused on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/world-politics\/417499\/iran-attack-us-questions-answered\">the Middle East<\/a> and on President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/416496\/trump-immigration-worksite-raids-los-angeles-protests\">immigration policy<\/a>, Republicans in Congress are on the verge of passing massive Medicaid cuts as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/donald-trump\/413370\/trump-house-big-beautiful-bill-megabill-explained\">a budget bill<\/a> that could lead to millions of Americans losing their health insurance benefits and, according to one recent estimate, thousands of unnecessary deaths every year.<\/p>\n<p>While the GOP\u2019s so-called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/trump-administration\/415825\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-congress-deficit-tax-cuts\">\u201cbig, beautiful\u201d bill<\/a> is a smorgasbord of policy \u2014 potentially including everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/senate-republican-tax-spending-bill-e0907a16\">blocking AI regulation to restricting the power of the federal courts<\/a> \u2014 perhaps the most consequential changes would be to Medicaid. The program, which covers low-income Americans of all ages, is now the country\u2019s single largest insurer, covering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/report-section\/medicaid-enrollment-and-unwinding-tracker-enrollment-data\/\">more than 70 million people<\/a>. The legislation approved by House Republicans, which is now being debated and amended by the Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/medicaid\/issue-brief\/medicaid-changes-in-house-reconciliation-bill-would-increase-costs-for-1-3-million-low-income-medicare-beneficiaries\/\">would<\/a> cut Medicaid spending by $793 billion over 10 years. The upshot is that 10.3 million fewer people would be enrolled in the program by 2034.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/health\/417639\/trump-medicaid-health-insurance-big-beautiful-bill\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE2MzUw\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Sean Illing\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/14891\/sean_illing_vox.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-gray-area\/416350\/oren-cass-right-wing-economic-populism-theory-trumpism\">The economic theory behind Trumpism<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Vice President JD Vance Attends American Compass\u2019s The New World Gala In D.C.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-2218513025.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0.02332307118202%2C100%2C99.953353857636&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Vice President JD Vance Attends American Compass\u2019s The New World Gala In D.C.\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-2218513025.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0.02332307118202%2C100%2C99.953353857636&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>For more than half a century, the American right has preached the virtues of free markets and low taxes and deregulation. But a new wave of conservative thinkers are now arguing that Republicans have been wrong \u2014 or at the very least misguided \u2014 about the economy. <\/p>\n<p>This new economic thinking represents a break from what we\u2019ve come to expect from the American right. Its proponents argue for a new strain of economic populism, one that departs from the GOP\u2019s past allegiance to big business and focuses instead on the working class. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-gray-area\/416350\/oren-cass-right-wing-economic-populism-theory-trumpism\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE1ODI1\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Nicole Narea\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195358\/Narea-061720221_054.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/trump-administration\/415825\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-congress-deficit-tax-cuts\">Trump\u2019s big, beautiful bill, explained in 5 charts<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"President Trump Attends GOP House Caucus Meeting On Capitol Hill As Budget Bill Faces Resistance\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-2216078378.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"President Trump Attends GOP House Caucus Meeting On Capitol Hill As Budget Bill Faces Resistance\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-2216078378.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The fight over President Donald Trump\u2019s so-called big, beautiful bill is turning ugly.<\/p>\n<p>After passing the GOP-controlled House, the bill has moved to the Senate, where Republicans are facing a bitter divide over how to balance their competing priorities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/trump-administration\/415825\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-congress-deficit-tax-cuts\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE1Nzkz\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Abdallah Fayyad\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/197206\/IMG_6521.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy\/415793\/big-beautiful-bill-student-loans-pell-grants\">The big, beautiful bill is bad news for student loans<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Bowie State v Duke\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-187106528.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0.093984962406012%2C0%2C99.812030075188%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Bowie State v Duke\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-187106528.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0.093984962406012%2C0%2C99.812030075188%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s note, July 3, 4:10 pm ET<\/strong>: The following post was originally published on June 9. On July 3, the House passed an amended version of the Big Beautiful Bill that included some changes from the version described below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the \u201cbig, beautiful bill,\u201d President Donald Trump\u2019s signature legislative priority, eventually becomes law, it would gut some social programs that many people rely on. As my colleague Dylan Scott wrote in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/health\/414045\/big-beautiful-bill-congress-trump-medicaid-cuts\">thorough explainer<\/a>, the package, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/donald-trump\/413370\/trump-house-big-beautiful-bill-megabill-explained\">House Republicans passed last month<\/a>, could result in millions of people losing their health care because of proposed work requirements on Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy\/415793\/big-beautiful-bill-student-loans-pell-grants\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE0ODc0\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Dylan Matthews\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/05\/headshot_blueshirt_medium.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=3.55%2C4.8066592786263%2C71.2953125%2C47.559914713542&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy\/414874\/bond-market-treasuries-tax-big-beautiful-bill-trump\">The big, bad bond market could derail Trump\u2019s big, beautiful bill<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Federal Reserve Makes Announcement On Interest Rates\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/gettyimages-110125026.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Federal Reserve Makes Announcement On Interest Rates\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/gettyimages-110125026.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>To pass a law in the United States, you need to jump through a lot of hurdles. <\/p>\n<p>A bill has to first clear a committee in the House or Senate. (In the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/blogs\/2025-reconciliation-tracker\">Republicans\u2019 tax legislation<\/a> this year, its components had to clear 11 different committees.) The House Rules Committee has to agree for it to come to the floor for a vote. It has to pass that vote. In the Senate, it has to get 60 votes to beat a potential filibuster, or else obey a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/11\/14\/16634200\/republican-tax-reform-byrd-rule\">set of byzantine rules<\/a> allowing it to pass with a simple majority.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy\/414874\/bond-market-treasuries-tax-big-beautiful-bill-trump\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDE0MTU0\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Cameron Peters\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195361\/IMG_6540.0.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-logoff-newsletter-trump\/414154\/trump-house-republicans-bill-tax-cuts-debt-limit-medicare\">Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill,\u201d briefly explained<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Trump Plans To Rally Fractious House Republicans On Tax Cut\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/gettyimages-2215552814.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Trump Plans To Rally Fractious House Republicans On Tax Cut\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/gettyimages-2215552814.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>This story appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-logoff-newsletter-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Logoff<\/a>, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/pages\/logoff-newsletter-trump-administration-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to The Logoff:<\/strong> President Donald Trump is one step closer to getting his \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d after it passed the House in a close vote early this morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-logoff-newsletter-trump\/414154\/trump-house-republicans-bill-tax-cuts-debt-limit-medicare\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6NDEzMzcw\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Andrew Prokop\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/14413\/Screen_Shot_2017-11-09_at_10.54.58_AM.0.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/donald-trump\/413370\/trump-house-big-beautiful-bill-megabill-explained\">The ugly truth about Trump\u2019s big, beautiful bill<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Trump White House\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2206412312.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Trump White House\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2206412312.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s note, May 22, 8:30 am ET: <\/strong>The House passed a version of Trump\u2019s bill early Thursday morning. It now goes to the Senate, where Republicans say they want more changes to the bill. This story was originally published on Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s second term has so far been dominated by his aggressive use of executive power \u2014 but now, he\u2019s finally trying to get something through Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/donald-trump\/413370\/trump-house-big-beautiful-bill-megabill-explained\">Read Article ><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"dngyOnBvc3Q6MzkzNTkz\" role=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Li Zhou\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/author_profile_images\/195390\/IMG_4037_JPG_copy.0.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/393593\/trump-congress-budget-reconciliation-tax-energy-immigration\">Trump wants \u201cone big, beautiful bill.\u201d Can he get it?<\/a><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"President-Elect Donald Trump Watches Army-Navy Football Game\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/gettyimages-2189981947.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C1.7607332368548%2C100%2C96.47853352629&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"President-Elect Donald Trump Watches Army-Navy Football Game\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.vox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/gettyimages-2189981947.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C1.7607332368548%2C100%2C96.47853352629&#038;w=2400\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p> Vox Staff<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/418325\/trump-big-beautiful-bill-gop-medicaid-tax-cuts-explained\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d is the centerpiece of his legislative agenda, and the stakes are high. The bill has four major pillars: renewing his 2017 tax cuts, implementing new tax cuts, spending billions on a border wall, US Customs and Border Protection, and the military, and increasing the debt ceiling. The bill itself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":863867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1272,163],"tags":[7839,5123],"class_list":{"0":"post-863866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-everything","8":"category-trumps","9":"tag-everything","10":"tag-trumps"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}