Senate plods along as Republicans negotiate key parts of Trump's bill
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🗓️ 1 July 2025
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The Senate early this morning was still voting and negotiating on President Donald Trump's bill on tax cuts, Medicaid and more.
USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe discusses the court's move to hear a GOP challenge to a campaign spending limit.
The Justice Department sues Los Angeles to end 'sanctuary' immigration policies.
Trump penned a handwritten note to Fed Chair Jerome Powell demanding lower interest rates.
The man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 has accepted a plea deal in the case.
USA TODAY National Correspondent Elizabeth Weise tells us how some plastic bag bans appear to be working.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Tuesday, July 1st, 2025. This is USA Today's The Exxert. |
| 0:14.4 | Today, Republicans continue to negotiate key parts of Trump's bill. Plus, the Supreme Court takes on campaign spending, and some plastic |
| 0:21.7 | bag bans appear to be working. The Senate was still voting and negotiating early this morning |
| 0:29.0 | on President Donald Trump's sweeping bill on tax cuts, Medicaid, and border security after a |
| 0:34.0 | marathon weekend of debate and political maneuvering, but the result still was not certain. |
| 0:38.8 | 17 long hours after they began, Republican senators were trying to resolve disagreements |
| 0:43.4 | over policies that would impact Medicaid, green energy tax credits, and carveouts to protect |
| 0:48.8 | food stamps in Alaska and Hawaii before bringing them up for a vote. |
| 0:52.7 | Republicans hold a 53 to 47 majority and face |
| 0:55.7 | united Democratic opposition and the defection of at least two of their members. If the Senate |
| 1:00.4 | approves the bill, it heads back to the House where votes are scheduled to begin tomorrow. |
| 1:05.1 | Trump last night pushed GOP senators to pass the bill while attacking his biggest campaign |
| 1:09.4 | contributor and former Doge |
| 1:11.1 | leader Elon Musk over his opposition. You can read more about that and stay up with all the |
| 1:15.5 | latest on USA Today.com. |
| 1:20.8 | The Supreme Court will hear a major GOP challenge to a campaign spending limit. I spoke with USA Today |
| 1:26.2 | Supreme Court correspondent Maureen Gropi to learn Supreme Court correspondent, Maureen Gropi, |
| 1:28.4 | to learn more. Hello, Maureen. Hello. So starting here, how is the court planning on taking |
| 1:33.6 | up the regulation of money and politics? Well, the court agreed to hear a challenge from Republicans |
| 1:38.4 | to federal limits on how much political parties can spend on advertising and other communication |
| 1:43.5 | in coordination with a candidate. |
| 1:46.5 | One thing that's unusual about this case is the Justice Department whose job it is to defend the |
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