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Today, Explained

Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

“You are tearing me apart, Congress.” This episode was produced by Devan Schwartz with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Seam Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson ahead of a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The time has finally come for President Trump to work with Congress.

0:05.6

And he's trying to make it count by cramming everything he can into one bill.

0:10.7

One of the most important elements in this package will be extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts.

0:15.3

I'm calling for no tax on tips, no tax on overtime.

0:19.7

You shouldn't be having people of Medicaid getting more than Medicare.

0:21.6

You shouldn't be having the people who should work, can work, getting benefits without working.

0:26.6

This should include full funding for a record increase in border security personnel and retention bonuses for ICE and border patrol.

0:33.6

It will increase the child tax credit to $2,500 per child, establish optional savings account

0:39.8

for newborn babies with a $1,000 credit added and strengthen paid family leave.

0:45.5

Trump's calling this package, we call it the one big beautiful bill.

0:49.1

But if it's so beautiful, why is he having trouble convincing some of his fellow Republicans to vote for it?

0:56.5

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