Speaker Mike Johnson, Senator Ron Johnson and Senator Michael Bennet

State of the Union

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🗓️ 25 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On CNN’s State of the Union, Jake presses House Speaker Mike Johnson on the impact the GOP tax and spending bill will have on the national debt and on Medicaid. Next, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson joins Jake to detail his concerns about the bill and his threat to sink it unless there are steeper spending cuts. Then, Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet joins Jake to discuss how Democrats plan to counter the bill, as well as his frustrations with his own party in the wake of Trump’s electoral victory. Finally, CNN’s Dana Bash has a special report from Italy on an effort to honor Jewish American servicemembers killed overseas during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Standoff, a victory for President Trump's agenda as the House Speaker squeezes through tax and spending cuts.
0:11.4	The bill is passed.
0:13.5	But Senate Republicans say not so fast.
0:16.1	We're a long ways from the finish line.
0:17.7	The big beautiful bill. I think that's the Titanic.
0:19.4	Will concerns about the fallout stall Trump's big beautiful bill.
0:23.5	Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson's next, and then Senator Ron Johnson responds live and
0:28.2	update.
0:29.2	Trump abruptly threatens new tariffs that could sink your next upgrade.
0:32.6	I'm not looking for a deal.
0:34.1	More economic uncertainty as Trump expands his political targets.
0:38.2	The American people deserve a lot better than this. Is it bluster or just the beginning?
0:42.8	Democratic Senator Michael Bennett responds ahead. Plus, honoring the fallen. More than 80 years later,
0:48.5	we lower our heads in gratitude and respect.
0:51.3	How American troops from World War II are finally getting a burial worthy of their sacrifice.
1:02.4	Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, D.C., where the state of our union is thinking about those
1:07.5	who died to protect us on this Memorial Day weekend. Thank you for joining
1:12.0	us. President Trump marked the holiday with a speech Saturday to new graduates of West Point.
1:17.8	An institution, his administration, has worked to change drastically and dramatically in his first
1:22.4	few months in office, just part of a larger cultural shift led by the president to this week
1:26.9	targeted Harvard and Columbia
1:28.8	universities, and frankly, he is just getting started. But Mr. Trump did get his own party
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