Let's talk about Trump's divided GOP congress....
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🗓️ 21 February 2025
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Let's talk about Trump's divided GOP congress....
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| 0:00.0 | Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again. So today, we're going to talk about Trump's |
| 0:07.7 | divided Congress and how it's holding everything up. The Republican House and the Republican Senate |
| 0:14.1 | are having trouble with their attempt to use the budget reconciliation process to push Trump's |
| 0:20.0 | agenda through. They're both pursuing different paths. The budget reconciliation process to push Trump's agenda through. They're both pursuing different |
| 0:22.8 | paths. The budget reconciliation process allows Republicans to push their agenda through with a simple |
| 0:29.4 | majority, but it's a complicated process. Over in the House, they're chasing the one big, |
| 0:36.2 | beautiful bill, which has proven to be hard to fashion because the various factions in the Republican Party have very different visions and very different ideas of what is most important. |
| 0:48.5 | They also have very different ideas about which of Trump's promises are worth trying to keep. The various extreme |
| 0:56.3 | factions are sticking to their contradictory positions, making it very hard for a consensus |
| 1:01.8 | to develop. Now, as people find out more about the planned cuts to Medicaid, Snap, and maybe even |
| 1:09.1 | Medicare, the whole thing might be in jeopardy from Republicans |
| 1:13.0 | who don't want to completely destroy the lives of many of their voters. In the Senate, |
| 1:18.9 | they're pursuing a two-bill option. Different parts of Trump's agenda would go through at different |
| 1:24.8 | times. Going off what we've seen so far, the Senate's version is less |
| 1:29.8 | extreme and less harmful to the average voter. It also stands a pretty good chance of getting |
| 1:35.8 | out of the chamber. For a while, Republicans on Capitol Hill have wanted Trump to weigh in, |
| 1:42.2 | while he finally did, and seemed to throw his weight behind the House plan. |
| 1:47.1 | It threw the political landscape into a loop for a few hours, |
| 1:51.0 | until it seemed like Senate Majority Leader soon was just like, |
| 1:55.2 | whatever, we're still moving ahead. |
| 1:58.0 | Trump then said the Senate's plan was okay as a backup plan and everything is back to where |
| 2:04.0 | it started. The House is currently on break this week and the Senate is moving ahead. But there's |
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