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They both f*** over the American people. They both try to time things for 2028 so they can blame the Democrats for “raising taxes”. The judge passages are BS and should be blocked from “budget reconciliation”

Initial-Toe-9512

For those who can’t access the article, here’s an explanation over the contents with some further insight.

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The U.S. Senate Republicans have introduced their version of President Donald Trump's tax-cut and spending bill, which is broadly similar to the House-passed legislation. The two chambers must reconcile their differences before the bill can be sent to the President for signature.

Key differences include:

* Temporary vs. Permanent Tax Breaks: 

The House bill, which would add $2.8 trillion to the nation's debt over the next decade , includes an array of tax cuts, but many of them would expire after a few years. The Senate version would make some of those tax breaks permanent.
    * Child Tax Credit: 

The House raises it to $2,500 through 2028, then it reverts to $2,000, indexed for inflation. The Senate permanently increases it to $2,200, indexed to inflation.

    * Standard Deduction: 

The House temporarily increases it to $32,000 through 2028. The Senate permanently increases it to $32,000 starting in 2026.

    * Business Research and Development Costs: 

The House allows 100% expensing for domestic research through 2029, then it reverts. The Senate makes 100% expensing for domestic research permanently.

    * Bonus Depreciation for Business Equipment Purchases: 

The House allows 100% through 2029, then phases out. The Senate makes 100% permanently.

    * Business Interest Expenses: 

Both expand this break to include depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), but the House does so through 2029, while the Senate makes it permanently.

* State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction: 

The House version would increase the maximum deduction for state and local tax payments from $10,000 to $40,400 starting in 2026. The Senate version would keep the $10,000 SALT cap in place.

* Deduction for Older Americans: 

The House would provide a deduction of up to $4,000 for people over 65. The Senate would provide a $6,000 deduction. Both would end after 2028.
* No Tax on Tips: 

Both chambers would provide a deduction for tipped income through 2028. The Senate version caps that deduction at $25,000 while the House does not include a cap.

* Retaliatory (Section 899) Tax: 

Both the House and Senate would allow the U.S. to impose new taxes on residents, businesses and other entities from countries that are found to impose "unfair foreign taxes". The Senate version would take effect in 2027, one year after the House version would take effect.
* Clean Energy Projects: 

Both the House and Senate versions would roll back clean-energy incentives created by President Joe Biden's 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, but they differ in their timing. For example, under the House bill, a tax credit for wind, solar and other clean energy projects would not apply to any project that begins operation after 2028. Projects that began construction after 60 days after the bill became law also would not qualify, even if they were completed before the end of 2028. The Senate bill, by contrast, would phase out that credit for wind and solar projects through 2027, and phase it out starting in 2033 for hydro, nuclear and geothermal projects.
* Medicaid: 

Both the House and the Senate would clamp down on "provider taxes," which states levy on Medicaid providers as a way to boost federal funding. The Senate version adds specific language that closes loopholes and prevents states from designing workarounds, which is absent in the House bill.
* Sports Teams: 

The House bill would cut a tax break for sports-team owners in half. The Senate version does not include that language.
* Debt Ceiling: 

The House bill would raise the U.S. debt ceiling, currently at $36 trillion, by $4 trillion. The Senate bill would raise it by $5 trillion. Congress must act on this by sometime this summer or risk triggering a default on the nation's $36.2 trillion in debt.
* Courts: 

Both the House and Senate bills seek to limit U.S. judges' power to block federal policies nationwide, a key tool for the federal court system as it considers dozens of challenges to the Trump administration's activities.

    * House Version (Section 70302): 

This version would curtail the ability of judges to enforce orders holding administration officials in contempt if they violate these injunctions. It focuses on weakening the consequences for administration officials who do not comply with a judge's order. This provision would also apply retroactively if the plaintiff did not post an initial bond.

    * Senate Version (Section 203): 

This version would limit judges' ability to issue those injunctions in the first place if the party challenging the government does not post a bond to cover the government's costs if the ruling is later overturned. It aims to create a financial barrier for those seeking an injunction, potentially reducing the number of such orders issued. While not retroactive, this requirement for a bond is still considered flawed, as the costs to cover the government's expenses could range to absurdly high amounts.

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I’d advise you all to contact your Senators on issues you care about.

Use sites like 5calls here:

https://5calls.org

Page for the Spending Bill in general:

https://5calls.org/issue/hr1-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-budget-reconciliation/

Specific Page on the issue of Section 70302/Section 203:

https://5calls.org/issue/court-contempt-enforcement-cuts-budget-reconciliation/

Be calm and respectful but firm and to the point.

Explain why a certain aspect or provision is bad for the average citizen.

I note that some provisions quite certainly violate the Byrd Rule, (such as Section 70302/Section 203), and can be struck down by it/or would have good grounds to be challenged in court should it pass!

Best to do something rather than nothing.

Anoth3rDude

* Senate Version (Section 203):

This version would limit judges' ability to issue those injunctions in the first place if the party challenging the government does not post a bond to cover the government's costs if the ruling is later overturned. It aims to create a financial barrier for those seeking an injunction, potentially reducing the number of such orders issued. While not retroactive, this requirement for a bond is still considered flawed, as the costs to cover the government's expenses could range to absurdly high amounts.

Call your senators about this.  The only exemption I saw for this was bankruptcy (of course, that's exempt).  Having to pay a bond  is horrible and creates a barricade for us to fight back.  This is for our rights, which is critical and maybe the most defining moment in our country. 

arilupe

Both basically end NASA like all the other agencies that have been gutted. I know it doesn’t directly impact many people but worldwide, it does. 

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So senate gop looked at the horrendous for any but oligarchs and fascists bill and said  “it’s not bad enough, hold my beer”. Nice

KubrickMoonlanding

MendotaMonster

Somehow the GOP is going to find a way to blame democrats that the deficit generated by this bill was their fault. The GOP raised so much noise over the price tag of build back better only to usurp it by 10x

No-Mushroom5934

Well, congratulations America - you voted for this! 

Republicans own this piece of history, remember that, and remember to forever remind them that THEY did this.

Significant_Swing_76

The Senate on Tuesday narrowly approved massive tax and immigration legislation that Republicans hope will become the centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s second term, dramatically reorienting the role of the federal government and unwinding many of the Biden administration’s accomplishments.

Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote for the measure, which extends trillions of dollars in tax cuts from Trump’s first term and implements new campaign promises — such as eliminating income taxes on tips and overtime wages — while spending hundreds of billions of dollars on immigration enforcement and defense.

To offset the cost, the legislation would cut about $1 trillion from Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for low-income individuals and people with disabilities, and other health care programs. It would also cut SNAP, the anti-hunger Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. Nearly 12 million people will lose health care coverage if the bill becomes law, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Read more here: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/01/senate-vote-big-beautiful-bill-trump/?utm\_campaign=wp\_main&amp;utm\_medium=social&amp;utm\_source=reddit.com](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/01/senate-vote-big-beautiful-bill-trump/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=reddit.com)

washingtonpost

Okay Americans. If you love your country, it’s time to call your House Representatives.

memphisjones

I can't wait for my parents to blame Biden for cutting their Medicaid coverage

NinjaChemist

Murkowski was the hold out who caved. I thought it would be Collins.

TopRevenue2

TheFirstLanguage

It's crazy how partisan congress is now. Every democrat votes against, all but three republicans voted for. Some of them literally hate this and they still just fall in line. 

I don't see how half the republican voter base can get re-elected. I haven't verified it yet, but according to John Oliver, 2:1 people don't approve of the bill yet congress is still voting yes on it completely defying their constituents desires/voices.

ibeerianhamhock

Having a funeral on your 249th birthday. RIP America.

danish_sprode

I think that Senate Dems have rightfully gotten a lot of criticism this year, but it also needs to be said that they did about as much as possible to derail this bill and send it back to the House with additional speed bumps for House Rs. They in no way made this easy for Republicans.

sighclone

So how many Americans are basically going to be let to fend for themselves no  assistance at all?  And it’s now techbro America?  
I’m really upset.

Illustrious-Cat4670

lol, can’t wait till the poor MAGAs realize how bad they screwed all of us (except the billionaires).

BearDen17

Boomers are gonna be real upset when they have no where to go when they’re old since they are gonna close so many nursing homes and they screwed their millennial and gen z family members out of a future (including home ownership). Oh well. Sucks to suck.

greyhoundbrain

Thanks boomers and gen x for ruining this country for your kids and grandkids. Shameful

spiderman897

Damp_Blanket

Even Conservative spaces are divided by this, purely from a fiscal standpoint, but I'm sure their memories will be short. They already stopped paying attention to dwindling claims of fraud and abuse that they were sure would pay for the Trump agenda. Millions thrown off Medicaid is "immaterial", "necessary", "they'll get over it" but we have plenty of money to watch ICE kick people's teeth in, I guess. All while the Billionaires are speedrunning unchecked to Trillionaire status. We collectively seem incapable of connecting these dots.

kcramthun

Gonna be fun watching all these dumbass maga fucks kick the bucket, wondering what happened to their healthcare coverage...

Creative-Package6213

Wispy8213

No-Purchase-2549

Somervilledrew

namastayhom33

Just wait till MAGA (and all of us) gets what MAGA voted for.  The MAGA crowd can get bent.  Good gawd, I fear for my kids and grandkids

alien_survivor

Well, that's not too surprising. Guess we just have to hope that this wasn't all just theater and that certain factions in the House will be pissed enough that they make enough changes it has to go back to the Senate again.

Tschmelz

I've ended up losing so much empathy because of how republicans have gone about things. Like at this point, let them leopards have their fill. I will feel sorry for those who voted in the elections to help stop all this. But those that enabled and voted for these republicans, don't expect any sympathy. The leopards shall dine well.

KazeNilrem

Ti.e to organize and TAKE AMERICA BACK FROM THE MAGA SCOURGE.

StaticNegative

Get the lube… we’re all about to get fucked

NYC_Underground

The fun part is despite the bill 100% being the result of GOP actions and agenda, folks will blame the democrats for not stopping it somehow and for it's ill effects.

GravtheGeek

Classic-Ability-6317

Well it barely passed in the House the first time and now folks have had time to actually read it so maybe.... oh who am I kidding....

Da_Fish

Mara Lago donors must be ecstatic. The GOP propaganda machine has actually convinced people on welfare that cutting their benefits to pay for tax cuts to billionaires is good policy. 

SpicyButterBoy

The three GOP holdouts:

&gt;Thom Tillis of North Carolina

&gt;Susan Collins of Maine

&gt;Rand Paul of Kentucky

The other GOP "moderate", Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted for it despite having strong reservations about the bill and  saying that she hopes that the House doesn't approve the bill she *literally just voted for*:

&gt;"My hope is that the House is going to look at this and recognize that we’re not there yet.”

As usual, the holdouts were allowed to maintain the theater of independence since the outcome was never in doubt due to the vice-president casting the tie-breaking vote.

Crowsby

Now all of the debt and deficit hawks will go back into hibernation until the next Democrat President arrives.

hreigle

Remember when covid was happening and Republicans and conservatives kept calling it that China virus which led to aggression towards Asian people? 

Why can't we call this the Evangelical bill?

nathynwithay

It just hasn’t set in how my, and many of our, entire generation is just absolutely demolished by this bill. This will set progress back decades, plunge us into a society of working to survive off of pennies while the one percent is elevated to a financial godhood and ultimately KILL people.

This fight isn’t even about have representatives who are actually supposed to represent us, that fight at the federal level is all but gone. This is literally how a fight for survival, with any semblance of freedom going towards fighting for our neighbors and trying to keep them from disappearing. 

I don’t know if I will ever see the damage from this repaired in my lifetime, and it will be too late if it ever is rectified. My future, family and those I care about are in the crosshairs and the shot has been taken.

erikhow

Murkowski still hasn't found her spine bone after all these years. Well, with much sincerity, good luck from across the pond

LeWheatsheaf

Just your daily reminder that Republicans are full of shit.

NK1337

I mean, c'mon, it's not that bad. It only drastically cuts Medicaid and increase the national debt by $3 trillion.

Klutzy-Delivery-5792

This is moving so much faster than the pessimist in me foresaw

Eatpineapplenow

TintedApostle

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CodingAficionado

For the party that's worried about gender reversal surgeries, they all had their balls lopped off before this vote.  Bunch of soulless soon-to-be jobless individuals.

Ace_Bearbus-73

So if the house modifies the bill do they need to send it back to the Senate again?

coatofforearm

Hey MAGA Meatheads! LOL. Paydirt!!  Trump and Republikans gettin’ ready to screw you good!

The CBO estimated Tuesday that the Medicaid cuts could cause roughly 12 million people to lose their health insurance coverage, and that number could rise to 15 million thanks to other provisions in the legislation. 

The billionaires and Wall Street Republikans are just laughing at you!

SummerSun75

The United States of America is dead and Republicans killed it. Now they will get to "own the libs", preside over the ashes and watch as people suffer.

sidewaysflower

If there is a constitutional convention first amendment to  purpose is to remove the Vice Presidents ability to act as a tie breaker in the Senate.

geekstone

Remember the names of all the traitors involved.  Hold them accountable.

ace_urban

Rinmine014

dbag3o1

This is what America voted for. We just borrowed 4 trillion dollars to lower taxes by 4 trillion for people who do not need a tax break. Don't worry, us non billionaires will pay the 4 trillion back!

smedlap

If Congress doesn't turn blue in the midterms then anybody that can should pack up their bags and leave this stinking shit hole.

JWTS6

Between climate collapse, ICE, and the gutting of Medicaid, we’re about to see death tolls that will make COVID look like a walk in the park.

Glacecakes

How? How is this possible when the majority of the population is against it?

BeholdThePalehorse13

One way or another, America's future now lies past a pile of corpses. Just a question now of how many of them are innocents.

HighOverlordXenu

so those republicans who said they regretted voting for it because they didn't ead will change there minds and vote no now ..right ...lol

Lunchb0xx87

Amazing how worthless and cowardly our department of defense is now that their job is on the line. Just goes to show all that whining about "national security" is bullshit and none of those people even love the country enough to even risk their job.

Bad_Habit_Nun

Republicans... the media does this all the time... If this was Dems they would be saying Dems.

Basic-Finish-2903

The Republican party again spits on America.

an_actual_coyote

Fascist pieces of shit, every one of them

TwasTheTismMlord

If there are changes in the House then it has to come back to the Senate.

This is how we proceed! Call your representatives *today* and everyday until this bill gets altered and sent back. And in the meantime, call your Senator and remind them that you don't want this passed.

It's all hands on deck!

kevendo

Ah yes. The old “earn less, spend more” strategy. My ex wife should run for congress.

East-Will1345

And of course, JD Vance was the tiebreaker. 51-50.

If only 1 or 2 more senate republicans actually had a conscience...

chasingshores

Should have fucking listened to George Washington the first time he no political parties. We need new and unbiased candidates

Bitchasslemon

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What are the chances this can still fail to pass? Is a John McCain type of miracle still possible here?

Liquid_1998

We are now officially in the FO section of FAFO.

General-Cover-4981

pquince1

50 votes passed the biggest tax increase on lower income Americans ever. One of the most consequential and damaging pieces of legislation was rammed through by 50 fucking votes. We are truly lost as a country.

AnonymousCelery

So, the Senate ignored "The People" and voted for it anyway. Every single one of them that voted for this crap will be voted out of office. Even MAGAs are very unhappy with this bill. Just wait until, manly in the south, they lose their healthcare insurance..........

Harry_Mud

It’s going to pass. Which is just stupid.

2Autistic4DaJoke

Not s surprise, they fall in line every time.

frootloopsxx

Let’s say Democrats take over in the primaries, can they pass a bill to counteract this one?

AkumaYoru

It will take a generation to undo what this generation has now selfishly done for themselves.

This is why term limits aren't just about people in office being too old to do the job. It's about them being too old to represent the populace that has to live in the world they are creating.

It’s like Reagan, but much worse and fuck that guy

ElDuderino_92

SomewhatOKComputer

The Senate bill turns Medicare into United Healthcare with required preauthorizations for everything. 

DefiantCommand4357

Very good,  we're on our way to MAGA

Edit: you can vote it down but that's all you can do. Ultimately we won

Spirited-Humor-554

Murkowski is a fucking coward. "I struggled mightily with the impact on the most vulnerable in this country", Murkowski said, adding the process was "probably the most difficult and agonising legislative 24-hour period" of her career. Then vote against it you spineless asshole. If you admit you were concerned about it then it is your fucking duty top vote against it. "My hope is that the House is going to look at this and recognise that we're not there yet," she told reporters just outside the Senate floor, moments after the vote. Just passing the fucking buck.

anduril_tfotw

look how hard the media avoids saying the word "republicans"

The U.S. Senate has passed the GOP budget bill by a vote of 51-50 following a tie-breaking vote by JD Vance.

Tillis, Collins, and Paul voted No.

InverseNurse

Well, I guess Trump and the Republicans didn't care much about the No Kings protest. Maybe peaceful protests shouldn't be the way forward.

Ertai2000

Murkowski will be remembered as the GOP Senator who allowed 16 million people to be kicked of their Medicare and Medicaid and at least 50,000 people per year to die from preventable causes.


Over 300 Rural hospitals will close around the country which will condemn even more people to die.



This is Trump's legacy, This is Murkowski's legacy which is passing this MAGA Murder Bill. Both of them will have needlessly murdered thousands of fellow Americans.


The tragic irony of all of this is that the people who will suffer the most from this bill are his own voters in rural "red" states.

Healthy-Doughnut4939

invalidpassword

Honestly; who's actually surprised and who even has any disappointment left in the tank?

Grey_0ne

Trump's MAGAbill is just another spear in America's side.

Aggressive-Will-4500

The US Senate has narrowly approved President Trump's significant tax and spending legislation, the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act,' which aims to make permanent 2017 tax cuts while adding an estimated $3.3 trillion to the national debt.

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