Senate Republicans remain divided on several changes under discussion for President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” with at least one predicting that it will not pass when asked about Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s plan to start voting on the measure next week.
“My guess is it will fail,” Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., commented, reports Politico Wednesday. “I don’t want to see it fail. I want this thing to succeed.”
Thune has set plans to pass the bill by July 4, but when legislative text was released Monday on taxes, healthcare, and other policy provisions, it underscored several challenges that remain.
Fiscal hawks like Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Johnson say that the measure does not do enough to lower the deficit, while other senators are concerned about the bill’s cuts to Medicare.
Other lawmakers say they don’t favor the bill’s proposed cuts to clean-energy incentives or Trump’s planned tax cuts.
Republicans only have three votes to spare, with Senate leaders hoping to take their first vote on the bill next week with the goal of passing it over the weekend. But some committees still have not received final estimates on their proposals or rulings from the Senate parliamentarian, meaning some provisions they want won’t be on the bill when it comes up for a vote.
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Author: Faith Novak
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