The Senate Passes Donald Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill'

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The GOP's tax-and-budget package passes 51-50, after a late night of negotiating and a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance. What amendments did the Senate make, and will Speaker Mike Johnson have trouble selling them to House conservatives? Plus, Sen. Thom Tillis, who opposes the Medicaid reforms, announces he won't seek reelection in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:40.6	After an all-nighter, the Senate passes the GOP's big tax and budget bill with a tie-breaking vote by Vice President J.D. Vance.
0:48.0	What's in the final package? What has changed? And amid grumbling by fiscal conservatives,
0:53.4	can this version now get through the House
0:55.3	and maybe even by July 4th? Plus one Republican senator who opposed the bill says he won't run for
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1:08.4	I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We are joined today by my colleagues,
1:13.5	columnist Kim Strassel, and editorial board member Kate Batchelder O'Dell. The Senate's version of the
1:19.7	Big Beautiful Bill, as President Trump dubbed it, finally passed at around noon on Tuesday, a vote of 51 to 50,
1:27.3	including that vice presidential tiebreaker,
1:30.4	Republicans Tom Tillis of North Carolina, Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky
1:35.8	in the no column, along with every Democrat. Let's listen to President Trump reacting during an
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