Senate passes Trump's reconciliation bill with Vance casting tie-breaking vote
Senate passes Trump's reconciliation bill with Vance casting tie-breaking vote
The bill next goes back to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana warned off big revisions from his chamber's version.
The package now goes back to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson had warned senators not to deviate too far from what his chamber had already approved. But the Senate did make changes, particularly to Medicaid, risking more problems as they race to finish by Trump’s Fourth of July deadline.
Why do the press act as if Trump's self-imposed "deadline" actually matters?
They're going to get their way. They always were. There is no chance Mike Johnson is going to allow the House to stray too far away from Trump's dick. There will be a few hems and haws from some token Republicans allowed to pretend to be concerned, but the bill will likely pass with little to no real opposition.
Why do the press act as if Trump’s self-imposed “deadline” actually matters?
what trump wants is the only thing that ever matters to these people. might as well move forward with the assumption that "the press" is trump's personal propaganda machine. because it is
Welp, we're fucked. Thanks for the memories, America, even though they weren't so great.
God dammit, these fucking traitors.
We are so very fucked. Prepare to live in Ayn Rand paradise, every man for himself and kill the other guy to stay alive.
That Running Man movie is going to be a documentary.
How comes he had full control over government and still barely scrambles to get enough votes to push his authoritarian bills?
A lot of the GOP probably think that they are good people who are using Trump as a necessary evil. Every time they do Trump's bidding after initially resisting, they think, "Okay, just a little bit more evil, it's all for the greater good."
I just struggle with how you can vote down things like Medicare/Medicare (or free meals for kids, etc) and think you're a good person. Especially because they cut all of that for tax breaks and higher government spending, so it's not even a deficit issue.
The GOP just like the Democrats aren't a monolith. The Dems may be more fractured, but there's still 2-3 major groups in the Republican party and not all are 100% behind Trump.
Competing interests. It's not about support it's about what do they get in return for their support and most of them the most important thing is promises for their next reelection. Then mony.
We're majorly fucked.
If its going back to the house, can they stop it?
The house can stop it, but that seems unlikely. It had a better chance of block in Senate.
Although if the house edits it the senate would have to vote for it again.
Ironically some of the house hardliners may kick the bill back because the senate changed some of the things the Trump wanted
They can but they won't.
It's going to be close, they barely passed it the first time. The speaker really didn't want the senate to make changes and they did. It passed the senate in a tie, so the house really can't change anything, which could be a problem for marginal supporters and hardliners.