My plan was to include an analysis of how the Senate version of the so-named One Big, Beautiful Bill will affect different types of Americans, from seniors and students to people buying new cars.
But lawmakers are still potentially changing the fine print as they consider amendments on the Senate floor, so that will have to wait for tomorrow.Two Republicans, Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Rand Paul of Kentucky, have indicated their opposition in a procedural vote over the weekend.
It is possible any changes in the coming hours could derail this version of the bill, which is passed through budget reconciliation and so immune from the filibuster.
Republicans can only afford one or two more no votes.Here's how CNN's Stephen Collinson describes it:
"The measure, dubbed the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' with the president’s trademark provocative hyperbole, is Trump’s attempt to engineer lasting change through legislation in an administration that is also wielding huge and questionable executive power."
The Senate version pares back Medicaid, guts climate change efforts, places new taxes on solar and wind programs in an effort to smother them, extends Trump's first-term individual tax cuts and adds an estimated $3.3 trillion in deficit spending.Republican deficit hawks have largely fallen in line with the bill.
The fact that Tillis announced he would not seek reelection after opposing the bill is both a sign of how sweeping the changes would be — and also of the pressure Republicans are under to fall in line.
His North Carolina Senate seat will instantly become a top target for Democrats, who will use this bill to make their 2026 pitch to voters.
Will presidential daughter-in-law Lara Trump join the race?It's a question for another day. If recent history is a guide, what's happening right now on Capitol Hill is Trump's best shot to get a major legislative win to put his mark on the law books.
