‘RINO’ Senators’ Plan To Hijack ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill Revealed
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on May 23, 2025
By Mark Steffen
Plans are afoot by moderate U.S. senators to severely water down President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax cuts bill, passed this week by the U.S. House.
The bill, which represents the largest series of tax cuts in American history, is now in the hands of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), who reiterated this week that his caucus has substantial plans to mark up the bill before sending it back down to the House for final passage.
“The Senate will have its imprint on it,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune declared. “They’ve got to do what they can get 218 for, and we’ve got to do what we can get 51 for.”
Central to the cross-chamber debate is consternation over hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, a program used by nearly 80 million Americans, many of whom are low-income, disabled, or otherwise out of the workforce. During the House debate, Trump emphasized that he does not wish to dramatically reduce the program but supports the House bill, which implements work requirements for able-bodied individuals receiving benefits.
Still, that’s too far for moderates like Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who warned that they will withhold support unless the estimated savings of nearly $800 million are rolled back. If both Republicans refuse to endorse any cuts at all, that would likely leave Thune with just two votes to secure passage of the bill.
Meanwhile, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), considered a populist conservative, has called the cuts “a real risk to rural hospitals” in his home state of Missouri.
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