Time running out for GOP to pass massive tax and spending plan by Trump’s deadline
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🗓️ 24 June 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Time is running short for Capitol Hill Republicans hoping to pass the president's massive tax and spending plan by his self-imposed deadline. |
| 0:08.3 | Republicans don't need a single Democratic vote if they can keep their side of the aisle united. |
| 0:14.2 | Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin joins us now. |
| 0:16.9 | So Lisa, you were on the hill all day. |
| 0:18.6 | Now you're here in the studio. |
| 0:19.8 | And the Senate is trying to |
| 0:21.5 | pass this bill by as soon as this weekend. Is that right? But the Republicans, even among themselves, |
| 0:26.7 | have a lot of issues about how this bill's turned out so far. Bring us up to speak. |
| 0:29.8 | They do. There are important developments here in just the last two days. And I want to remind |
| 0:33.6 | viewers, I warned you I would say this again, this could be the largest, buy money numbers, |
| 0:38.5 | bill in American history. So it's so important to pay attention right now. What we're watching, |
| 0:42.7 | especially is a Senate parliamentarian. She has the ability to rule whether the provisions in this |
| 0:47.1 | bill meet the budget rules to go through under the process that they're using. And she has made |
| 0:52.5 | some important rulings. I want to talk to you about what's in and what's out of this bill. |
| 0:55.7 | So far, parliamentarian has ruled out of the bill that limit on courts and their ability to enforce |
| 1:00.9 | injunctions against President Trump. |
| 1:02.7 | That is out of the bill. |
| 1:03.9 | Also out of the bill per her rulings, a sale of vast amounts, millions of acres of federal |
| 1:09.2 | land. |
| 1:10.4 | In addition, out is the initial snap, |
| 1:13.0 | used to be called food stamps, changes that would have cut over $100 billion from that program. |
| 1:18.6 | But today, in the bill, a different version of that. And this is what's important to remember, |
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