Vote-a-Rama Over Trump’s Landmark Legislation plus SCOTUS Hands Trump Trio of Legal Victories
The Ben Ferguson Podcast
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🗓️ 30 June 2025
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Summary
🏛️ Legislative Update: The “Big Beautiful Bill”
- Senate Vote: The bill advanced in the Senate with a narrow 51–49 vote, strictly along party lines.
- Contents of the Bill (940 pages long):
- Broad tax cuts
- Changes to Medicaid and SNAP (food stamps)
- Increased border and deportation funding
- Defense and clean energy tax changes
- Adjustments to the SALT deduction cap
- Child tax credit modifications
- Projected Impact:
- Estimated to add $3.3 trillion to the national debt over 10 years
- Could result in 11 million fewer insured individuals by 2034
- Political Reactions:
- Trump praised the bill as a major victory
- Democrats are stalling the vote by demanding a full reading of the bill
- Critics include Elon Musk and Senator Rand Paul
- Next Steps:
- Ongoing amendment process (“vote-a-rama”)
- Final Senate vote expected before July 4
- If passed, it returns to the House and then to Trump for signing
🧑⚖️ Senator Tom Tillis’ Opposition and Retirement
- Voted against the bill, citing harm to North Carolina’s healthcare funding
- Announced he will not seek re-election
- Emphasized his bipartisan achievements and criticized the current political climate
- Trump responded critically, accusing Tillis of grandstanding
⚖️ Supreme Court Rulings Favoring Trump’s Agenda
- Trump v. Casa: Limited the use of universal injunctions by lower courts
- Free Speech Coalition v. Texas: Upheld Texas’s age verification law for pornographic websites
- Mohammed v. Taylor: Affirmed parents’ rights to opt children out of LGBTQ+ curriculum in public schools
- These rulings were framed as major victories for:
- Parental rights
- State sovereignty
- Trump’s executive authority
- The conservative legal agenda
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