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KEY ITEMS IN TRUMP’S BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL

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resident Donald Trump’s budget mega-bill has cleared a major hurdle and is one step closer to becoming law. The bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, narrowly passed the Senate on Tuesday and is set to be considered by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

The legislation has stoked disputes over the deficit, social programmes and spending levels within the Republican Party, which controls both chambers of Congress.

The Senate required Vice-President JD Vance to cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the bill and its prospects in the House appears similarly precarious. The legislation has seen several iterations, and a previous version cleared the House last month by just a single vote.

The new bill would make permanent large tax cuts that were temporarily put in place when President Trump was first in office, and increases spending for border security, defence and energy production.

To make up for the expected loss of revenue, Republicans have looked to cut spending in a wide range of programmes, including food subsidies and health insurance coverage for lower-income Americans.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would add $3.3tn to federal deficits over the next 10 years and leave some without health coverage, a forecast that the White House disputes.

Congressional Republicans are racing to pass the bill ahead of a self-imposed 4 July deadline in order to send it to Trump’s desk for signing into law.

Here’s a look at some of its key items:

✪ Social Security Taxes

On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to eliminate taxes on Social Security income; monthly payments to Americans of retirement age and people with disabilities.

The House bill fell short of delivering on that promise, but it did temporarily increase the standard deduction of up to $4,000 for individuals 65 and over. That deduction would stay in place from 2025-28.

Senate Republicans approved an extension of Social Security tax breaks and an increase that would grant a $6,000 tax deduction for older Americans who earn no more than $75,000 a year.

✪ Additional Medicaid Requirements

To help finance tax cuts elsewhere, Republicans have added additional restrictions and requirements for Medicaid, the healthcare program relied upon by millions of disabled and low-income Americans.

Changes to Medicaid – one of the biggest components of federal spending – has been a major source of political strife.

One of the changes are new work requirements for childless adults without disabilities. To qualify, the bill says, they would be required to work at least 80 hours per month starting from December 2026.

Another proposed change to the program is requiring Medicaid re-enrolment to shift from once a year to every six months. Enrolees would also have to provide additional income and residency documentation & verification.

The Senate proposal puts even more restrictions on Medicaid, which is likely to cause more headaches for Republicans in the House.

The upper chamber’s version proposes to lower provider taxes – which states use to help fund their share of Medicaid costs – from 6% to 3.5% by 2032.

Complaints from some Republicans in states that draw funding from these taxes, especially for rural hospitals, led the Senate to delay the cuts and add a $50bn rural hospital fund.

The Senate bill also proposes tightening eligibility requirements so that able-bodied adults with children aged 15 and over would need to work or volunteer at least 80 hours a month.

The Senate Medicaid work requirement is said to be the strictest ever proposed by Republicans; raising the odds that some Americans could lose medical coverage as they will not keep up with the new paperwork.

✪ Increasing State & Local Tax Deduction (SALT)

The bill increases the deduction limit for state and local taxes (Salt). There is currently a $10,000 cap on how much taxpayers can deduct from the amount they owe in federal taxes. That expires this year.

The Senate’s approved bill raises it from $10,000 to $40,000 – but after five years, it would return to $10,000.

Salt taxes were a big sticking point in the House, especially Republican holdouts in some Democrat-controlled urban areas. The House’s version of the spending bill did not include a five-year limit, so the Senate’s changes could pose a problem for some House Republicans.

✪ Food Benefits

Reforms have also been added to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which is used by over 40 million low-income Americans.

The Senate bill requires states to contribute more to the program, which is currently fully funded by the Federal Government.

The government would continue to fully fund the benefits for states that have an error payment rate below 6%, however states with higher error rates would be on the hook for anywhere from 5% to 15% of the program’s total costs. The change would start in 2028.

The Senate bill also adds work requirements for able-bodied SNAP enrollees who do not have dependents.

✪ No Tax On Overtime Or Tips

The “no tax on tips” provision in the budget bill would mark a win for one of Trump’s promises during the campaign.

The Senate bill being considered by the House would allow individuals to deduct a certain amount of tip wages and overtime from their taxes. However, they propose gradually phasing out those benefits based on annual income, starting at $150,000 for individuals and $300,000 for joint filers. It would expire in 2028.

The Senate legislation would also permanently increase a child tax credit to $2,200; which is $300 less than what House lawmakers had originally eyed. The House version required both parents have a Social Security number, but the Senate OK’d a requirement of only one parent.

The upper chamber’s bill also proposes raising the debt ceiling by $5tn – more than the $4tn approved by the House last month. The debt ceiling is the limit on the amount of money the US government can borrow to pay its bills.

Lifting the debt limit allows the government to pay for programmes already approved by Congress.

✪ Clean Energy Tax Cuts

One of the most notable divisions between House and Senate Republicans is the Senate’s proposal for clean energy tax breaks.

Although both call for an end to the Biden-era federal clean energy tax credits, Senate Republicans approved phasing them out more slowly.

For instance, the Senate has extended the runway for businesses that build wind and solar farms to still benefit from the tax credits. However, both the House and Senate version seek to deny the credits to companies whose supply chains may have ties to a “foreign entity of concern,” such China.

Companies that begin construction this year could qualify for the full tax break. That drops to 60% if they begin construction in 2026 and 20% if they begin in 2027. The credit would disappear in 2028.

The House version of the bill sought to end the tax breaks for those companies almost immediately.

✪ What Happens Next?

The Senate approved version of this bill is scheduled to come before the House on Wednesday, though it’s unclear when a vote might happen.

Some House Republicans have already expressed issues with the legislation and the changes made by the Senate.

Chip Roy from Texas said the Senate’s proposal on clean energy was “not close to enough.” Other hard-line Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus have voiced concern over increases to the national debt.

“The House was clear: no new deficit spending. The Senate isn’t listening – their version adds over $1T to the deficit, completely ignoring the House framework,” Texas congressman Keith Self said. “This isn’t just reckless – it’s fiscally criminal.”

Trump has repeatedly urged Republicans to get on board. He asked House Republicans to unite, ignore “grandstanders” in the party and send “this bill to my desk.”

“We are on schedule – Let’s keep it going, and be done before you and your family go on a July 4th vacation,” he wrote on Truth Social. “To my GOP friends in the House: Stay UNITED, have fun, and Vote ‘YAY.’” Democrats, who have neither a majority in the House nor Senate, have criticized the bill, particularly on changes to Medicaid and food stamps.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called it a “reckless, regressive and reprehensible GOP tax scam” and pledged to use the bill against Republicans in next year’s Midterm elections. ✪

TRUMP’S BBB ENDS MEDICAID FUNDING FOR ILLEGALS

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he GOP’s spending bill eliminates roughly 1.4 million illegal migrants from the nation’s Medicaid program, despite a widely misunderstood vote on the Senate floor.

“Yesterday, there were a lot of rumors floating around about the ban on Medicaid for illegal aliens being stripped from the bill,” Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) said on X.  “Thankfully, that’s not true. It’s very much in the bill we just passed.”

The vote is an economic blow to blue-state leaders in 14 states who subsidize families of illegal migrants to help inflate their consumer and real estate economies. For example, adult illegals get healthcare aid via Medicaid funding in sanctuary-state California, New York, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington State and in GOP-led Utah.

“We’re not talking about a few bucks here and there,” Schmitt tweeted:

This could cost blue states tens of billions of dollars. A lot of these states have serious budget problems already. They’re going to have to choose between their addiction to mass migration and averting financial collapse.

That means blue states are left with a choice: Either send your illegal immigrants home, or you’re going to be paying their bills yourself. It’s easy when you’re doing it on the American taxpayer’s dime. It’s a lot tougher when it’s all coming from your own constituents.

The provision will make little difference to many hard-working, younger illegal migrants. However it will raise the pressure on elderly migrants and poor families to return to their home countries.

It also helps Americans by pressuring companies to upgrade workplaces and by pressuring cautious politicians to enact much-needed but painful reforms in education, productivity, drug policy, housing, and healthcare. For years, politicians have avoided these decisions while allowing interest groups to profit from millions of low-wage migrants.

Schmitt explained why many people mistakenly believe the Senate voted to preserve Medicaid for illegals:

Here’s where the rumor came from: During yesterday’s vote-a-rama, an amendment banning Medicaid for illegal immigrants was voted down. The clip of that vote started circulating online—and folks took that to mean that the provision had been stripped from the bill altogether.

But that was just one of many “messaging amendments,” designed to force Democrats to vote against specific provisions—in this case, a ban on some Medicaid funding for illegal aliens who commit heinous crimes—on the record. It was meant to show the public how radical they are.

The ban itself was ALREADY in the bill. It was never taken out. And it wasn’t just a ban on some Medicaid for illegal immigrants who commit heinous crimes—it applies to ALL Medicaid for ALL illegal immigrants. (And most noncitizens generally).

The bill we passed actually goes much further—beyond banning Medicaid for 1.4 million illegal aliens, it:

• Requires states to verify citizenship status before providing coverage

• Bans automatic Medicaid enrollment for children of illegal aliens

• Excludes DACA from Medicaid

The exit of illegal migrants back to their home countries will help ordinary Americans by nudging up wages and reducing rental costs.✪

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SPEAKER JOHNSON WANTS BBB TO PASS HOUSE BY JULY 4TH

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ome people just can’t take a win. For the “I need to be outraged” group I would suggest their best time for complaining would be to join the collective association of the tech crew (Musk/Thiel), the alligator emojis (DeSantis/Cruz Crew) and the CONservative free traders (Massie, Paul, Roy).  That group of always unhappy, whining and never satisfied knuckleheads will welcome the griping, bitching and moaning.

However, that doesn’t work here. We have a big win to celebrate.

♦ The Senate version of the previously passed Big Beautiful Bill cuts more spending than originally delivered from the House. You might ask why then did spending opposition narratives surface now and not when it passed through the House? Good question, we’ll get to that ‘political answer’ in a moment.

For now, the BBB is on track as it was originally planned (by July 4th); albeit right at the outer limits of the predicted timeframe that was announced in January.

The Senate BBB passed on a 50-50 vote split, highlighting it was the most conservative bill that could possibly squeak through the Senate. It is the culmination of MAGA interests -vs- MAGA opposition, with the biggest win being the $70 billion for border security and ongoing deportation operations.

The original plan was always to use rescission bills to cut out the DOGE waste. Per Senate rules, the rescissions/cuts cannot be done until after the initial funding bill is passed (that’s BBB). Timeline: July BBB, Aug – Rescission bills to cut DOGE waste, and Sept – FY 2026 Budget bill which begins October 1st.

Additionally, the narrative about the Senate bill including Medicaid spending for illegal aliens is false.

♦ The ban on Medicaid for illegal aliens is actually stronger than initially thought [See page 602. Section 77109].  As noted by Senator Schmidt:

“The bill actually goes much further than the house version – beyond banning Medicaid for 1.4 million illegal aliens, it: • Requires states to verify citizenship status before providing coverage • Bans automatic Medicaid enrollment for children of illegal aliens • Excludes DACA from Medicaid.”

♦ Which brings us to the “political opposition” aspect.

The declared “spending opposition” to the bill is actually a cover narrative for those who demand expanded immigration (Wall Street) and stand against border control and deportation.

They are angry about the immigration enforcement aspect but must remain quiet about it because so many Americans support the border security part. So, the CONservatives and Tech bros attack based on spending, but that’s really just a Mick “Cantaloupes” Mulvaney maneuver.

In addition to destroying the “Green New Deal” fiasco, the Big Beautiful Bill gives $70 billion to President Trump to secure the border and get rid of criminal illegal aliens. The border security money is needed to exit the illegal aliens who Obama/Biden imported.  Money for more ICE agents and repatriation flight costs.

The border wall needs to be finished and all measures to ensure the total lockdown. Trump is securing the border, the first step in any immigration reform effort.  This was Ronald Reagan’s biggest mistake. If Congress now wants to discuss what comes next after the criminal illegal aliens & Biden illegal aliens are removed…. with a secure border, that conversation is now possible.

♦ Spending?  Congress and the media have a vested interest in hiding the truth from the American public because factually everything in the BBB is fully funded.   I know, I know, many people are saying, “wait, fully funded? How is that possible?”

Here’s the part everyone keeps missing. Within the global trade reset President Trump has established a baseline 10% tariff. That means from this moment until the end of time every country will pay a minimum of 10% tariffs on every single import. Even if they get a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S. the baseline 10% remains, just like the U.K. deal recently completed.

Yes, steel and aluminum and other targeted tariffs may exceed the baseline 10%, but the baseline will always remain at 10% for everything imported. There will never be an item delivered to the USA that does not include a 10% baseline tariff.

That baseline 10% tariff revenue -in perpetuity- funds the BBB spending and all of the associated middle-class tax relief within it. Tariff revenues create a neutral state of spending impact. This fact is why and how the White House convinced the House and Senate on the deal.

In material fact, even a future Democrat political apparatus will never be able to discontinue the 10% baseline tariffs because they will be dependent on the revenue generated. Tariff revenue makes spending possible, that stops Democrats from withdrawing it. In a way President Trump has lowered the income tax burden by shifting revenue to tariffs.

Elon Musk is a disgruntled Tech Bro who: (A) doesn’t like tariffs; (B) is worried about the new visa reviews and H-1B limits under Marco Rubio; (C) angered about the elimination of his Green New Deal subsidies; and is (D) directly attached to and dependent on China.  Plus, wait to see the value loss in Palantir if Trump and Putin strike a deal. Musk is an evil person.

There is a massive amount of winning within this deal. Just remember, the better something is the more the opposition will use all the tools and puppets at their disposal to keep you from realizing its value.

CNN asked, “Why is @ElonMusk wrong about the Big Beautiful Bill?”

The answer:

Big wins today. Huge, and we’re only six months in. ✪

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