Trump demands ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL’ after Senate GOP moves to peel off tax pledges
By Steven Nelson
Published Feb. 19, 2025, 11:11 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON — President Trump insisted Wednesday that Senate Republicans abandon their effort to dump his promised tax reductions from a pending budget reconciliation bill — a strategy that House Republicans fear could doom his core campaign pledges to workers and retirees.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Tuesday that he would call a vote on a package proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) that includes border and energy reforms but not tax provisions, which would subject the latter to a higher vote threshold to pass.
“The House and Senate are doing a SPECTACULAR job of working together as one unified, and unbeatable, TEAM, however, unlike the Lindsey Graham version of the very important Legislation currently being discussed, the House Resolution implements my FULL America First Agenda, EVERYTHING, not just parts of it!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“We need both Chambers to pass the House Budget to ‘kickstart’ the Reconciliation process, and move all of our priorities to the concept of, ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.’ It will, without question, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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Thune told The Post following a meeting with Trump in January that the president’s promises to abolish taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security income may not even end up in a tax bill.
“Those things are all on the table. When that gets done is still a point of debate,” Thune said.
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