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Let's talk about Trump's bill getting shredded in the Senate....

Beau of The Fifth Column

Beau of The Fifth Column

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about Trump's bill getting shredded in the Senate....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

0:05.0

So today, we're going to talk about Trump's bill getting ripped apart.

0:10.0

So, I was waiting for the Senate parliamentarian to finish her work before I made this video.

0:16.0

But the list is getting too long. So we'll do this one and then another later.

0:21.6

Trump's one big beautiful bill is going through the bird bath.

0:25.6

The only reason this package stands a chance of passing is because it's using the budget reconciliation process.

0:32.6

There will be an explainer down below if you want to know about the different rule specifics.

0:39.3

That process allows it to get around the filibuster. However, there are rules.

0:44.3

One of the important ones is the bird rule, spelled B-Y-R-D.

0:50.3

The process of yanking stuff out that doesn't comply is called a bird bath. The Republicans in the

0:56.4

Senate already yanked stuff and rewrote stuff to try to comply with the rule. Now, the Senate

1:02.8

parliamentarian, who is the person who calls balls and strikes in the Senate, is going through the bill.

1:09.2

Here's a partial list of things that will have to be reworked

1:12.6

or yanked. I'm saying partial because there's more stuff coming out constantly. I'm going to

1:19.6

start with one provision that was causing a lot of concern, and even though I said it would get

1:25.3

bird bathed, it led to literally dozens of messages each week while we waited for the process to play out.

1:32.9

That ridiculous provision hindering enforcement of contempt proceedings against the president?

1:38.8

It was rejected by the Senate parliamentarian.

1:42.2

You can't enact drastic policy like that through the budget reconciliation process.

1:48.0

So, food stamps are snap.

1:51.0

There's a provision that pushes a lot of the cost onto the states.

1:55.0

This was a major cut and it didn't make it.

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