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Can Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ make it through the Senate?

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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It’s crunch time in Congress as Republican Senate leaders try to shape the president’s so-called “big beautiful bill” into a compromise that can pass. Lisa Desjardins joins Amna Nawaz to unpack the latest proposed changes to health care, tax, and energy policy – and the political sticking points between the GOP and a legislative victory. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:01.0

It's crunch time in Congress, where Senate Republicans have released their latest version

0:05.4

of the president's so-called big, beautiful bill, and it differs notably from the version

0:10.0

passed by House Republicans.

0:12.0

Lisa Desjardin is here to unpack the latest proposed changes and the political sticking points.

0:16.7

Good to see you.

0:17.7

Good to see you.

0:18.7

So tell us about the changes that the Senate made.

0:19.6

What are they?

0:20.6

First, one note.

0:21.6

I want to remark that today there was an unusual atmosphere on Capitol Hill.

0:24.6

It felt a bit like a place on edge.

0:26.6

Part of that are the stakes in this bill.

0:29.6

It could be one of the historically largest in history.

0:32.6

So I want to talk about Senate Republicans' draft of some key provisions.

0:35.6

So let's look at what they would change from House Republicans. First of all, they would increase the child tax credit and make it

0:42.0

permanent. They would make some business tax cuts permanent as well. For Medicaid, more cuts

0:47.6

in this Senate draft than there are in the House passed bill. And for solar and wind,

0:52.6

those tax credits that are being cut, the Senate would slightly

0:55.7

delay them more, but ultimately they would still eliminate them, Senate Republicans. One more

1:00.5

change that is notable, one of my fellow reporters noticed this first. There's gun provisions

1:06.3

in this bill. Remember in the House bill that they ended taxes on silencers. Well, in the Senate bill,

1:12.4

they do that, but they also extend that to short-barreled shotguns and rifles. So no taxes and also

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