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🗓️ 22 May 2025
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— AOC warns that “there will be consequences” for this cruel and chaotic bill — and she’s right
— Trump’s own party starts revolting over the bill, with hardliners and moderates both rejecting the Frankenstein package Speaker Mike Johnson tried to jam through
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the show in a very chaotic and sleep deprived overnight session. |
0:14.0 | The House of Representatives passed just barely. |
0:18.6 | Donald Trump's really flagship tax and spending bill called the the big beautiful |
0:24.0 | bill, the one big beautiful bill. It was a razor thin margin, 215 to 214. It happened just shy of 4 a.m. Pacific |
0:36.1 | time, I guess, almost 7 a.m. Eastern time. And the vote came after a whole |
0:42.8 | bunch of floor fights and arguments and speeches and last minute arm twisting. And they broke |
0:49.4 | into a chant of USA USA, Republicans did. |
0:54.4 | As Trump gets a temporary win, this is certainly one of the most controversial legislative |
0:59.4 | packages in years. |
1:00.8 | We talked earlier this week about what's in it. |
1:02.8 | I'll refresh that with you in a moment. |
1:05.5 | Here are Republicans triumphantly and courageously celebrating. I don't really mean that. |
1:12.6 | But it may be a premature celebration. |
1:16.6 | We'll talk about why a little bit later. |
1:18.6 | Take a listen. |
1:19.6 | On this vote, the azer 215, the nayser 214 with one answering present. |
1:26.6 | The bill is passed. |
1:39.2 | Okay. Anyway, so that went on. You understand USA, etc. |
1:53.5 | Chearing for a bill that will cut taxes for the rich, cut health care, all of the things that we talked about. |
1:56.0 | Because it's really way more than a tax bill. |
1:58.9 | It's almost depraved to be cheering for this. |
2:05.6 | It's a full-blown, ideological manifesto of sorts. So as a reminder, here's what they pushed through in the House of Representatives while |
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