'If You Can Keep It': The Fine Print Of The Budget Bill

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🗓️ 2 June 2025

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Last week, the House passed a sweeping budget bill, the centerpiece of President Donald Trump's domestic agenda.

The final vote was 215 to 214, just one vote shy of failure, with all but two Republicans supporting the package. Now, all eyes are on the Senate. It's their job to take the legislation over the finish line and deliver it to the president's desk.

Headlines about the bill are focused on tax cuts for the wealthy and steep cuts to programs like Medicaid and food stamps. But buried in this 1,100-page bill are a host lot of lesser-known provisions about immigration, artificial intelligence, and even one that would limit the courts' power by stripping away any consequences for officials who ignore judges' rulings. That last one is akin to "crowning Trump King" according to former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich.

We discuss what's in the fine print and what it means for Americans.

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0:00.0	President Donald Trump is testing the power of the presidency in ways that are stressing global financial markets, federal courts, and changing the United States relationship with the rest of the world.
0:10.5	What is Trump trying to do and is it working?
0:13.6	Trump's terms keeps you up to speed.
0:15.3	It's a short podcast where we curate NPR's coverage of the Trump administration.
0:19.7	Trump's terms.
0:20.7	Listen to the NPR app wherever of the Trump administration. Trump's terms.
0:23.2	Listen to the NPR app wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.3	Our weekly series, if you can keep it, is back.
0:37.9	That's where we discuss the big political stories of the moment and what they mean for the future of our democracy. The House has passed a sweeping budget bill to put in place
0:43.2	big parts of President Trump's domestic agenda. The final vote was 215 to 214, just one vote beyond
0:51.3	failure, with all but two House Republicans supporting that package.
0:55.4	Now all eyes are on the Senate. It's their job to pass the legislation and send it back to the
1:00.5	House to get it over the finish line and to the president's desk to become law.
1:03.9	The headlines have focused on tax cuts largely for the wealthy and cuts to programs like
1:09.2	Medicaid and food stamps, but buried in this 1,100-page
1:13.3	bill are a lot of lesser-known provisions about immigration, artificial intelligence, and even
1:19.8	one that would limit courts' power by stripping away any consequences for officials who ignore
1:26.1	judges' rulings. That last one is akin to crowning Trump King.
1:30.7	That's according to former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich.
1:34.1	We'll talk more about that and the rest of the budget bills find print after the break.
1:38.6	I'm Jen White.
1:39.6	And I'm Todd's Willick.
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