Celebrate Independence and support public radio.

From July 1st through 6th, get 30% off storewide at the NPR shop.

From fan favorite mugs to the newest NPR gear, everything's on sale,

and every purchase helps power the public radio you love.

Shop now at shopnpr.org.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

Senators are voting on a wide range of amendments designed to change or send a political message about the massive GOP tax and spending bill.

NPR's D.J. Walsh reports most are expected to fail.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune stressed what's at stake if the bill fails.

The people are going to get hit with a tax increase if we don't do something,

are those families making less than $400,000 a year.

We're going to see their child tax cut, or child tax credit cut in half, their standard deduction, cut in half.

Their rates go back up to what they

were 2017. Thune can only afford to lose three votes, and two Republicans, Tom Tillis of North

Carolina and Rand Paul of Kentucky, already say they will vote no. The final vote likely hinges

on the issue of Medicaid. Conservatives want deeper cuts, and moderates want to help

rural hospitals mitigate the loss of federal funding due to new tax provisions. Deirdre Walsh,

and PR News, the Capitol. American solar and wind energy companies could be some of the biggest

losers in the Trump administration's big tax bill. The measure favors traditional fossil fuels like

coal, oil, and natural gas over so-called clean energy. That may mean job cuts in the wind and

solar industries. The U.S. says its resuming trade negotiations with Canada. As Dan Carpenschalk

reports, the announcement comes after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney scrap plans for digital services tack on U.S. tech firms. President Trump's economic advisor,

...