🏛️ 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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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Well, come in is the Ben Ferguson Show. It is
nice to have you with us.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I was planning on being on family vacation and just
taking some time off for the next week, but with
so many things happening in the world, we're deciding we're
not going to be doing that. So what we're going
to be doing instead is I'm going to be doing
a hybrid with this show and the forty seven Morning Update.
It's that show that I do every morning that's about
ten to twelve minutes long, three biggest stories of the
(00:26):
day coming out of the White House or that affect
the White House. So for the next few days, that
is what you're going to be hearing here, and I
just want to make sure that you knew that on
the front end. But first, right now, all of us
our help is needed with the people that are under
attack in Israel. We know that Israel is at war
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and even the United States of America off the map.
In a necessary act of self defense, Israel struck Iranian
nuclear facilities, military targets, and their top leadership. Right now,
the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is on the
ground preparing large scale distributions of life saving food, first
(01:08):
date and emergency kits, especially to Israel's most vulnerable people,
the sick, the elderly, children, and families that are in
great need.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
The Fellowship is also.
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Making sure that hospitals, emergency rooms, and shelters are fully
stocked with critical and life saving medical supplies. But the
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work possible. If you want to stand with the people
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to stand.
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With those that are the most vulnerable in Israel.
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This is the forty seven Morning Update, the new show.
I do hit subscribe auto download to it as well,
and yeah, take a listen to the big stories of
the day.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
I'm Donnie.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
He's a communist. I think is very bad for New York.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
But he's a communist, and he's a pure communist. I
think he admits well, he said he's going to fight Ice.
He's not going to allow Ice to you'll give orient success.
And he said if Benjamin Attanao comes to New York,
he's going to have him Marett. Well, he's a radical
left lunatic.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Good Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
So nice to have you with us on the forty
seven Morning Update, and we've got a pack show for you.
First up, the Big Beautiful Bill. It is well sausage
being made in the Senate. Democrats doing everything they can
to try to stop this from becoming a reality. I'll
give you the latest on where we are right now
on that. Also, who are the Republicans that decide to
(03:04):
vote against the Big Beautiful Bill moving forward in the Senate.
But one of them has just announced they're not running
for reelection and we'll give you those details as well.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
And finally, not one, not.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Two, but three major Supreme Court cases have been massive
victories for the Trump administration the rule of law. Why
is the media not covering it? And what just happened
to the Supreme Court. I'll give you all the details,
but first, right now, all of us, our help is
needed with the people that are under attack in Israel.
(03:35):
We know that Israel is at war with Iran, a
nation that is vowed to wipe Israel and even the
United States of America off the map. In a necessary
act of self defense, Israel struck Iranian nuclear facilities, military targets,
and their top leadership. And right now, the International Fellowship
of Christians and Jews is on the ground preparing large
(03:57):
scale distributions of life saving food, first date and emergency kits,
especially to Israel's most vulnerable people, the sick, the elderly, children,
and families that are in great need. The Fellowship is
also making sure that hospitals, emergency rooms, and shelters are
fully stocked with critical and life saving medical supplies. But
(04:20):
the Fellowship needs your most generous gift today to make
this work possible. If you want to stand with the
people in Israel, and you want to bless them and
support them as they are under attack, now is your
time to stand.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
With those that are the most vulnerable in Israel.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
You can call them and give your donation right now
to have an impact virtually instantly on what's going on
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(05:02):
It's the forty seven Morning Update, and it starts right now,
story number one. So let's give you a big update
on the big beautiful bill. It is a very important
part of Donald Trump's momentum moving forward and could have
a massive impact on lower and middle class Americans especially.
So let's start with where we are now. The Senate
(05:24):
voted fifty one to forty nine along party lines to
move the bill forward into what they describe as formal debate.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Now, you may ask why was.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
It so tight of a vote Senator's Tom Tillis, and
we're going to have an update on Tom Tillis in
a moment. What we're hearing after this vote, as well
as Senator Ram Paul. They decided to go with the
Democrats opposing the motion. GOP leaders had to strike last
minute deals to secure the votes, and it did pass
(05:57):
fifty one forty nine to move. Now it is nine
hundred and forty pages long. It is covering a lot.
It's covering tax cuts, it's covering medicaid. It's also covering
snap food stamp benefits. It is expanding border and deportation funding.
(06:17):
It also has defense and clean energy tax changes, as
well as an increased salt deduction cap, as well as
child tax credit changes. Now, here's what this bill looks
like in its grand form, nine hundred and forty pages long.
What we're hearing from the Congressional Budget Office is it
(06:38):
estimates it will add three point three trillion dollars to
the national debt over ten years and result in eleven
million fewered they claim insured individuals by twenty thirty four.
That's what Democrats are seizing on right now to say
this is a terrible bill. But let's talk about what
is actually reality here. Donald Trump coming out praising the
(07:01):
vote as a great victory and pushing this for the
final vote by July fourth, Democrats led by Chuck Schumer
are now forcing and you want to talk about a
moment of hypocrisy, they are actually forcing to stall the vote.
A quote, full reading of the nine hundred and forty
page texts it will be sixteen to twenty hours. Why
(07:26):
are they doing that to slow the proceedings?
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Now?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
You may remember back in the day when Nancy Pelosi,
referring to Obamacare, said we won't know what's in the
bill until we pass the bill. Apparently now they're more
than happy to read a bill only if it means
stalling Donald Trump's agenda. Now, there have been a lot
of critics, Elon Musk calling it utter insanity, Ram Paul
(07:51):
Modern Child Account provision at and Making Jobs also at
Elon Musk, Senator Mark Warner calling it a political albatross.
So there's always going to be people that don't like
what is in the bill, and you're hearing from them
right now. The big question is what is next? Well,
Number one, the debate is ongoing as I'm recording this.
(08:15):
Sinners now have a marathon vote, as they described it,
a vote a rama session to propose amendments. And what
Democrats are trying to do is they're trying to tie
amendments to this bill that would kill the bill, hurt
the bill that no Republican would ever want to vote for.
That is to try to stop the bill from becoming law,
(08:36):
or to postpone this bill so they can get more
things in there that they want. There is also what
we refer to as the sausage being made many Republicans
who aren't hardcore conservative American first individuals. They're wanting something
for their vote. And that doesn't count the Democrats who
are doing a whole hell of a lot of horse
trading as we speak right now. Now you have parliamentarian ruling,
(08:58):
all right. They have already struck down several provisions under
the Bird rule limits, and that further adjustments are expected
to this bill before the final vote. Once amendments wrap up,
a final Senate vote is likely to happen sometime this week,
possibly or in theory the president is hoping it will
(09:22):
be a July fourth celebration. More than likely, this could
happen on Tuesday, maybe Wednesday, as far away as Thursday
or Friday. Now, if it passes, and many Conservatives expect
that it is going to pass, then it would return
to the House for approval yet again, and then it
(09:44):
would go to Donald Trump's desk for signing, potentially as
he is asking for it before the July fourth, and
that is the goal of the GOP and the administration.
So let's just give a quick recap on what I've
given you in substance. It advanced in the Senate in
a massive fifty one forty nine procedural.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Vote that was the biggest hurdle.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
This is the reason why I and the White House believe,
and insiders on Capitol Hill are telling me they believe
this will become law. There are key contents to this
that every American should care about. Number one, and the
biggest thing is broad tax cuts. There's also safety net
reductions for those that deal with waste, fraud, and abuse.
Many Americans voted for that, and that is where people
(10:29):
are saying, Okay, what's next. There's also the argument that
if we did nothing, we would actually see the deficit
grow at even a faster rate than the three point
three trillion that this is going to cost. So now
you are up to date on where we are at
the very moment and what is happening as we speak.
It is called vote rama. It is voting on amendment
(10:51):
after amendment after they read this bill, which will take
sixteen to eighteen nineteen hours depending on who you talk to,
and then the final votes in the Senate in are
going to happen early this week. Then House concurrence and
then Donald Trump will sign off on this bill, hoping
to celebrate it on the fourth of July, which would
(11:12):
be a very monumental moment for him. So this is
where we are. Could things change? Yes, are their Democrats
right now trying to derail all of this absolutely. By
the way, there's also Republicans that are trying to derail
this as well, which brings me to my second story.
Tom tillis, one of the two Republicans that vote against
(11:35):
the Big Beautiful Bill, is not running for reelection after
opposing the Big Beautiful Bill. Senator Tom tillis a Republican
from North Carolina, announcing that he's not running for reelection,
and in a statement issued on Sunday, Tillis highlighted how
he is quote proud of his career in public service.
Tillis also expected he is most proud of his bipartisan victories,
(12:00):
such as passing the first nation eugenics compensation as speaker
and working across the aisle in the Senate to pass
the largest investment in mental health in the history of
the United States of America. Till has continued to admit
that sometimes those bipartisan initiatives got him in trouble with
his own party, saying this in Washington. Over the last
(12:21):
few years, it's been increasingly evident that leaders who are
willing to embrace bipartisanship, embrace compromise, and demonstrate independent thinking
are becoming an endangered species. Democrats recently lost two such
leaders who were dedicated to making the Senate more of
(12:41):
a functional and productive legislative body. Till Has continued, they
got things done, but they were shunned after they courageously
refused to cave to their party bosses to nuke the
filibuster for the sake of political expediency. They ultimately retired,
and their presence and Senate Chamber has been sorely missed
every day. Till has continued on this grand standing moment
(13:04):
and expressed that he was beyond grateful for his friends
that he had made and added, and that he looked
forward to continuing to serve North Carolina over the next
eighteen months. Tillis issuing this statement also Saturday, expressing that
he had done his homework on behalf of North Carolinas
and was unable to support the Big Beautiful Bill in
(13:24):
its current form, saying, I did my homework. I cannot
support the bill. It would result in tens of billions
of dollars in loss funding for North Carolina, including our
hospitals and rural communities. This will force the state to
make painful decisions like eliminating Medicaid coverage for one hundreds
of thousands and the expansion population, and even reducing critical
services for those in traditional Medicaid population. So there you
(13:48):
have it now. Donald Trump did have a response to this.
Trump expressed in a post on True Social that the
people of North Carolina would not allow Tillis to grandstand
in order to get some publicity for himself, saying, quote,
looks like Center Tillis, as usual, wants to tell the
nation he's giving them a sixty eight percent tax increase
as opposed to big tax cuts in American history, that
I'm giving them the same time, he's unable to understand
(14:09):
the importance of a dead extension which Republicans gave to
the Democrats just prior to the November fifth election, because
of its significance and how important it was for the
future of the USA. Trump riding in a post. Now,
at the end of the day, Tom Tillis vote the
way he did for one reason because he knew he
couldn't win re election and now he's acting like he
(14:31):
is a martyr. Thank goodness, Donald Trump is involved, and
I'm sure that he will be helping find a great
America first candidate to run.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
In that election.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
I want to also bring to your attention a story
that's being underreported, especially because it's such massive news for
the Trump administration and law in America. The Supreme Court
has come out with their latest rulings and they have
a sign magnificant impact on the country. The Supreme Court.
(15:04):
The Supreme Court's term came to a close and it
dealt major wins for President Trump and well as well
as the rule of law. Three different cases that I
want to get into here so you understand just how
big they were. Number one was Trump versus Cossa. It
was under the issue of a universal injunctions. And this
(15:24):
is something that was such a big issue because you
had these judges that were basically blocking the present's agenda.
And as they were blocking the agenda of the present,
they were doing it in smaller lower courts. Well, guess
what the Supreme Court says, universal injunctions aren't actually going
to work this way.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Moving forward.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
There was also another ruling that was massive as well,
and it dealt with the Free Speech Coalition versus the
State of Texas aka the Attorney General of there Ken Paxton.
It was a six to three ruling as well, and
it held that Texas's age verification law for porn sites
is in fact constitutional. This was a massive victory, especially
(16:03):
after we just had to take it down act where
you could not bully people by putting up fake pictures
of them neked on the internet or revenge pictures maybe
that you received of someone and then throw them up
on the Internet to get revenge. It was making it
clearly against the law and parties had to take it
down immediately. They could also be fine. So you look
(16:24):
at this big fight in Texas, it was very simple.
What this was was a moment where we were trying
to protect those eighteen and under from hardcore pornography on
the internet by using age verification. Now, almost every one
of the porn sites in America had gotten together with
lobbyists to try to stop this, ensuing Texas to try
(16:45):
to say that this was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court came
down the side of Texas, saying they have a right
to protect those eighteen and under from pornography on the
Internet and by using age verification. Now, what is this
going to do, For example, in a place like Texas,
It drafts reduces the amount of time that is spent
on the Internet by underage individuals looking at pornography. And again,
(17:08):
this should be a state's issue, and that's what the
Supreme Court is saying. There was also a third Supreme
Court decision that came down and it was massive Mohammed
versus Taylor. And what this dealt with is it held
that parents of public school children can opt out of
LGBTQ plus curriculum. Now, this is not only a big
(17:29):
win for religious liberty and parental rights, it is also
another example of why its so important to have school
choice in this country. Now you look at what this
dealt with, and it was very simple. Should a parent
have the right in a public school to be able
to opt their child out of the propaganda that the
Left is trying to force on them when it comes
(17:50):
to transsexuals, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and everything else under the
LGBTQ plus flag. There are parents that tried to opt
their kids out, and there were schools that said no,
you cannot do it. It's part of the public school curriculum.
And this was obviously taking away parents' rights. Well, now
we know that parents do in fact have a right
(18:11):
to decide what their kids are indoctrinated with, especially when
something is controversy on his radical as the extreme viewpoints
of the LGBTQ activist community. Now you look at all
three of these rulings. If these were rulings in favor
of Joe Biden's agenda, for example, it.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
Would be wall to wall coverage.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
If this was the rulings of Barack Obama that helped
him when he was the president, it would have been
wall to wall coverage. But there's a very good chance
at about ninety nine percent of you listening to me
right now knew nothing about any of these three cases
that all came down in favor of parents in came
down in favor of the Trump agenda and the Trump
White House and his presidency. The Supreme Court, as Fox
(18:52):
News put it, rules on Trump's birthright citizenship order testing
lower court power was another one of the big things
that came through the Supreme Court is also deciding whether
to allow parents has showed children from these books in
school in the LGBTQ community.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Again a victory for us.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
This was a massive the White House putting out a
statement putting it this way, saying, quote, Today's decision restores
the proper separation of powers between the branches of government.
Ending nationwide injunctions is a tremendous victory for the American
people in the rule of law. That coming from the
White House Council David Warrington saying quote, no longer can
(19:31):
rogue activist judges abuse their authority to dictate the executive
powers of the President of the United States. The Supreme
Court ruled. It's a massive victory for the Constitution, the
rule of law, and the presidency itself. The White House
says in their statement, saying this. Since the moment President
Trump took office, low level activist judges have been exploiting
(19:54):
their positions to recap the agenda of which he President
Trump was overwhelmingly in fact, of the forty nationwide injunctions
filed against Trump's executive actions in his second term, thirty
five of them came from just five far left jurisdictions
in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, the District of Columbia. So
(20:16):
now the Trump administration can properly proceed and critical actions
save the country can happen. Congratulations the Trump administration for
every American that believes in the rule of law.
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Well, come in is the Ben Ferguson Show. It is
nice to have you with us.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
I was planning on being on family vacation and just
taking some time off for the next week, but with
so many things happening in the world, we're deciding we're
not going to be doing that. So what we're going
to be doing instead is I'm going to be doing
a hybrid with this show and the forty seven Morning Update.
It's that show that I do every morning that's about
ten to twelve minutes long, three biggest stories of the
(00:26):
day coming out of the White House or that affect
the White House. So for the next few days, that
is what you're going to be hearing here, and I
just want to make sure that you knew that on
the front end. But first, right now, all of us
our help is needed with the people that are under
attack in Israel. We know that Israel is at war
with Iran, a nation that is vowed to wipe Israel
(00:48):
and even the United States of America off the map.
In a necessary act of self defense, Israel struck Iranian
nuclear facilities, military targets, and their top leadership. Right now,
the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is on the
ground preparing large scale distributions of life saving food, first
(01:08):
date and emergency kits, especially to Israel's most vulnerable people,
the sick, the elderly, children, and families that are in
great need.
Speaker 1 (01:18):
The Fellowship is also.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Making sure that hospitals, emergency rooms, and shelters are fully
stocked with critical and life saving medical supplies. But the
Fellowship needs your most generous gift today to make this
work possible. If you want to stand with the people
in Israel and you want to bless them and support
them as they are under attack, now is your time
(01:41):
to stand.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
With those that are the most vulnerable in Israel.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
You can call them and give your donation right now
to have an impact virtually instantly on what's going on
eight to eight for eight eight IFCJ that's eight eight
eight eight eight if CJ. You can also go online
and give it IFCJ dot org. That's IFCJ dot org.
(02:11):
This is the forty seven Morning Update, the new show.
I do hit subscribe auto download to it as well,
and yeah, take a listen to the big stories of
the day.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
I'm Donnie.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
He's a communist. I think is very bad for New York.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
But he's a communist, and he's a pure communist. I
think he admits well, he said he's going to fight Ice.
He's not going to allow Ice to you'll give orient success.
And he said if Benjamin Attanao comes to New York,
he's going to have him Marett. Well, he's a radical
left lunatic.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Good Monday morning.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
So nice to have you with us on the forty
seven Morning Update, and we've got a pack show for you.
First up, the Big Beautiful Bill. It is well sausage
being made in the Senate. Democrats doing everything they can
to try to stop this from becoming a reality. I'll
give you the latest on where we are right now
on that. Also, who are the Republicans that decide to
(03:04):
vote against the Big Beautiful Bill moving forward in the Senate.
But one of them has just announced they're not running
for reelection and we'll give you those details as well.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
And finally, not one, not.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Two, but three major Supreme Court cases have been massive
victories for the Trump administration the rule of law. Why
is the media not covering it? And what just happened
to the Supreme Court. I'll give you all the details,
but first, right now, all of us, our help is
needed with the people that are under attack in Israel.
(03:35):
We know that Israel is at war with Iran, a
nation that is vowed to wipe Israel and even the
United States of America off the map. In a necessary
act of self defense, Israel struck Iranian nuclear facilities, military targets,
and their top leadership. And right now, the International Fellowship
of Christians and Jews is on the ground preparing large
(03:57):
scale distributions of life saving food, first date and emergency kits,
especially to Israel's most vulnerable people, the sick, the elderly, children,
and families that are in great need. The Fellowship is
also making sure that hospitals, emergency rooms, and shelters are
fully stocked with critical and life saving medical supplies. But
(04:20):
the Fellowship needs your most generous gift today to make
this work possible. If you want to stand with the
people in Israel, and you want to bless them and
support them as they are under attack, now is your
time to stand.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
With those that are the most vulnerable in Israel.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
You can call them and give your donation right now
to have an impact virtually instantly on what's going on
eight to eight for eight eight IFCJ. That's eight eight
eight for eight eight IFCJ. You can also go online
and give it IFCJ dot org. It's IFCJ dot org.
(05:02):
It's the forty seven Morning Update, and it starts right now,
story number one. So let's give you a big update
on the big beautiful bill. It is a very important
part of Donald Trump's momentum moving forward and could have
a massive impact on lower and middle class Americans especially.
So let's start with where we are now. The Senate
(05:24):
voted fifty one to forty nine along party lines to
move the bill forward into what they describe as formal debate.
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Now, you may ask why was.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
It so tight of a vote Senator's Tom Tillis, and
we're going to have an update on Tom Tillis in
a moment. What we're hearing after this vote, as well
as Senator Ram Paul. They decided to go with the
Democrats opposing the motion. GOP leaders had to strike last
minute deals to secure the votes, and it did pass
(05:57):
fifty one forty nine to move. Now it is nine
hundred and forty pages long. It is covering a lot.
It's covering tax cuts, it's covering medicaid. It's also covering
snap food stamp benefits. It is expanding border and deportation funding.
(06:17):
It also has defense and clean energy tax changes, as
well as an increased salt deduction cap, as well as
child tax credit changes. Now, here's what this bill looks
like in its grand form, nine hundred and forty pages long.
What we're hearing from the Congressional Budget Office is it
(06:38):
estimates it will add three point three trillion dollars to
the national debt over ten years and result in eleven
million fewered they claim insured individuals by twenty thirty four.
That's what Democrats are seizing on right now to say
this is a terrible bill. But let's talk about what
is actually reality here. Donald Trump coming out praising the
(07:01):
vote as a great victory and pushing this for the
final vote by July fourth, Democrats led by Chuck Schumer
are now forcing and you want to talk about a
moment of hypocrisy, they are actually forcing to stall the vote.
A quote, full reading of the nine hundred and forty
page texts it will be sixteen to twenty hours. Why
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are they doing that to slow the proceedings?
Speaker 3 (07:29):
Now?
Speaker 2 (07:29):
You may remember back in the day when Nancy Pelosi,
referring to Obamacare, said we won't know what's in the
bill until we pass the bill. Apparently now they're more
than happy to read a bill only if it means
stalling Donald Trump's agenda. Now, there have been a lot
of critics, Elon Musk calling it utter insanity, Ram Paul
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Modern Child Account provision at and Making Jobs also at
Elon Musk, Senator Mark Warner calling it a political albatross.
So there's always going to be people that don't like
what is in the bill, and you're hearing from them
right now. The big question is what is next? Well,
Number one, the debate is ongoing as I'm recording this.
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Sinners now have a marathon vote, as they described it,
a vote a rama session to propose amendments. And what
Democrats are trying to do is they're trying to tie
amendments to this bill that would kill the bill, hurt
the bill that no Republican would ever want to vote for.
That is to try to stop the bill from becoming law,
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or to postpone this bill so they can get more
things in there that they want. There is also what
we refer to as the sausage being made many Republicans
who aren't hardcore conservative American first individuals. They're wanting something
for their vote. And that doesn't count the Democrats who
are doing a whole hell of a lot of horse
trading as we speak right now. Now you have parliamentarian ruling,
(08:58):
all right. They have already struck down several provisions under
the Bird rule limits, and that further adjustments are expected
to this bill before the final vote. Once amendments wrap up,
a final Senate vote is likely to happen sometime this week,
possibly or in theory the president is hoping it will
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be a July fourth celebration. More than likely, this could
happen on Tuesday, maybe Wednesday, as far away as Thursday
or Friday. Now, if it passes, and many Conservatives expect
that it is going to pass, then it would return
to the House for approval yet again, and then it
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would go to Donald Trump's desk for signing, potentially as
he is asking for it before the July fourth, and
that is the goal of the GOP and the administration.
So let's just give a quick recap on what I've
given you in substance. It advanced in the Senate in
a massive fifty one forty nine procedural.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Vote that was the biggest hurdle.
Speaker 2 (10:06):
This is the reason why I and the White House believe,
and insiders on Capitol Hill are telling me they believe
this will become law. There are key contents to this
that every American should care about. Number one, and the
biggest thing is broad tax cuts. There's also safety net
reductions for those that deal with waste, fraud, and abuse.
Many Americans voted for that, and that is where people
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are saying, Okay, what's next. There's also the argument that
if we did nothing, we would actually see the deficit
grow at even a faster rate than the three point
three trillion that this is going to cost. So now
you are up to date on where we are at
the very moment and what is happening as we speak.
It is called vote rama. It is voting on amendment
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after amendment after they read this bill, which will take
sixteen to eighteen nineteen hours depending on who you talk to,
and then the final votes in the Senate in are
going to happen early this week. Then House concurrence and
then Donald Trump will sign off on this bill, hoping
to celebrate it on the fourth of July, which would
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be a very monumental moment for him. So this is
where we are. Could things change? Yes, are their Democrats
right now trying to derail all of this absolutely. By
the way, there's also Republicans that are trying to derail
this as well, which brings me to my second story.
Tom tillis, one of the two Republicans that vote against
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the Big Beautiful Bill, is not running for reelection after
opposing the Big Beautiful Bill. Senator Tom tillis a Republican
from North Carolina, announcing that he's not running for reelection,
and in a statement issued on Sunday, Tillis highlighted how
he is quote proud of his career in public service.
Tillis also expected he is most proud of his bipartisan victories,
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such as passing the first nation eugenics compensation as speaker
and working across the aisle in the Senate to pass
the largest investment in mental health in the history of
the United States of America. Till has continued to admit
that sometimes those bipartisan initiatives got him in trouble with
his own party, saying this in Washington. Over the last
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few years, it's been increasingly evident that leaders who are
willing to embrace bipartisanship, embrace compromise, and demonstrate independent thinking
are becoming an endangered species. Democrats recently lost two such
leaders who were dedicated to making the Senate more of
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a functional and productive legislative body. Till Has continued, they
got things done, but they were shunned after they courageously
refused to cave to their party bosses to nuke the
filibuster for the sake of political expediency. They ultimately retired,
and their presence and Senate Chamber has been sorely missed
every day. Till has continued on this grand standing moment
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and expressed that he was beyond grateful for his friends
that he had made and added, and that he looked
forward to continuing to serve North Carolina over the next
eighteen months. Tillis issuing this statement also Saturday, expressing that
he had done his homework on behalf of North Carolinas
and was unable to support the Big Beautiful Bill in
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its current form, saying, I did my homework. I cannot
support the bill. It would result in tens of billions
of dollars in loss funding for North Carolina, including our
hospitals and rural communities. This will force the state to
make painful decisions like eliminating Medicaid coverage for one hundreds
of thousands and the expansion population, and even reducing critical
services for those in traditional Medicaid population. So there you
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have it now. Donald Trump did have a response to this.
Trump expressed in a post on True Social that the
people of North Carolina would not allow Tillis to grandstand
in order to get some publicity for himself, saying, quote,
looks like Center Tillis, as usual, wants to tell the
nation he's giving them a sixty eight percent tax increase
as opposed to big tax cuts in American history, that
I'm giving them the same time, he's unable to understand
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the importance of a dead extension which Republicans gave to
the Democrats just prior to the November fifth election, because
of its significance and how important it was for the
future of the USA. Trump riding in a post. Now,
at the end of the day, Tom Tillis vote the
way he did for one reason because he knew he
couldn't win re election and now he's acting like he
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is a martyr. Thank goodness, Donald Trump is involved, and
I'm sure that he will be helping find a great
America first candidate to run.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
In that election.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
I want to also bring to your attention a story
that's being underreported, especially because it's such massive news for
the Trump administration and law in America. The Supreme Court
has come out with their latest rulings and they have
a sign magnificant impact on the country. The Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court's term came to a close and it
dealt major wins for President Trump and well as well
as the rule of law. Three different cases that I
want to get into here so you understand just how
big they were. Number one was Trump versus Cossa. It
was under the issue of a universal injunctions. And this
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is something that was such a big issue because you
had these judges that were basically blocking the present's agenda.
And as they were blocking the agenda of the present,
they were doing it in smaller lower courts. Well, guess
what the Supreme Court says, universal injunctions aren't actually going
to work this way.
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Moving forward.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
There was also another ruling that was massive as well,
and it dealt with the Free Speech Coalition versus the
State of Texas aka the Attorney General of there Ken Paxton.
It was a six to three ruling as well, and
it held that Texas's age verification law for porn sites
is in fact constitutional. This was a massive victory, especially
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after we just had to take it down act where
you could not bully people by putting up fake pictures
of them neked on the internet or revenge pictures maybe
that you received of someone and then throw them up
on the Internet to get revenge. It was making it
clearly against the law and parties had to take it
down immediately. They could also be fine. So you look
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at this big fight in Texas, it was very simple.
What this was was a moment where we were trying
to protect those eighteen and under from hardcore pornography on
the internet by using age verification. Now, almost every one
of the porn sites in America had gotten together with
lobbyists to try to stop this, ensuing Texas to try
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to say that this was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court came
down the side of Texas, saying they have a right
to protect those eighteen and under from pornography on the
Internet and by using age verification. Now, what is this
going to do, For example, in a place like Texas,
It drafts reduces the amount of time that is spent
on the Internet by underage individuals looking at pornography. And again,
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this should be a state's issue, and that's what the
Supreme Court is saying. There was also a third Supreme
Court decision that came down and it was massive Mohammed
versus Taylor. And what this dealt with is it held
that parents of public school children can opt out of
LGBTQ plus curriculum. Now, this is not only a big
(17:29):
win for religious liberty and parental rights, it is also
another example of why its so important to have school
choice in this country. Now you look at what this
dealt with, and it was very simple. Should a parent
have the right in a public school to be able
to opt their child out of the propaganda that the
Left is trying to force on them when it comes
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to transsexuals, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and everything else under the
LGBTQ plus flag. There are parents that tried to opt
their kids out, and there were schools that said no,
you cannot do it. It's part of the public school curriculum.
And this was obviously taking away parents' rights. Well, now
we know that parents do in fact have a right
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to decide what their kids are indoctrinated with, especially when
something is controversy on his radical as the extreme viewpoints
of the LGBTQ activist community. Now you look at all
three of these rulings. If these were rulings in favor
of Joe Biden's agenda, for example, it.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
Would be wall to wall coverage.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
If this was the rulings of Barack Obama that helped
him when he was the president, it would have been
wall to wall coverage. But there's a very good chance
at about ninety nine percent of you listening to me
right now knew nothing about any of these three cases
that all came down in favor of parents in came
down in favor of the Trump agenda and the Trump
White House and his presidency. The Supreme Court, as Fox
(18:52):
News put it, rules on Trump's birthright citizenship order testing
lower court power was another one of the big things
that came through the Supreme Court is also deciding whether
to allow parents has showed children from these books in
school in the LGBTQ community.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
Again a victory for us.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
This was a massive the White House putting out a
statement putting it this way, saying, quote, Today's decision restores
the proper separation of powers between the branches of government.
Ending nationwide injunctions is a tremendous victory for the American
people in the rule of law. That coming from the
White House Council David Warrington saying quote, no longer can
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rogue activist judges abuse their authority to dictate the executive
powers of the President of the United States. The Supreme
Court ruled. It's a massive victory for the Constitution, the
rule of law, and the presidency itself. The White House
says in their statement, saying this. Since the moment President
Trump took office, low level activist judges have been exploiting
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their positions to recap the agenda of which he President
Trump was overwhelmingly in fact, of the forty nationwide injunctions
filed against Trump's executive actions in his second term, thirty
five of them came from just five far left jurisdictions
in California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, the District of Columbia. So
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now the Trump administration can properly proceed and critical actions
save the country can happen. Congratulations the Trump administration for
every American that believes in the rule of law.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
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