July 3, 2025 • 4 mins
Republicans are celebrating after US President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" bill crossed the line.
Trump is expected to sign his sweeping domestic policy bill tomorrow as he celebrates the Fourth of July at the White House.
House Speaker Mike Johnson claims everything was a disaster under the Joe Biden and Kamala Harris administration.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking there was a lot of drama throughout the entire process, but eventually, Trump bullied the vast majority of House Republicans into signing onto the bill.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Richard Arnold stateside, mourning.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Good morning, Might I got there? Yeah, no surprise. Trump
muscled through his megabill with a razor sin margin. But
a win's a win, right. Two Republicans voted against this thing.
That was expected. They could lose only three, so it
was pretty close, as you said a short time ago,
two hundred and eighteen to two hundred and fourteen votes,
mostly party line. As soon as this was announced, there
(00:24):
was raucous cheering from the Republican.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Side without objection. The motion to reconsider is laid on
the team, a.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Bit like a football game. I guess. There was lots
of drama throughout the entire process, but ultimately Trump bullied
the vast majority of House Republicans into signing on to
what he calls his Big Beautiful Bill and Democrats call
his big ugly Bill. It all climates with a record
breaking speech by the Democratic leader in the House of King,
jeffrees who spoke for eight hours, forty four minutes and
(00:56):
count them twenty five seconds, so longer than anyone in
any house speed which ever, still it only delayed the vote,
didn't derail it. As soon as the big speech was done,
Republicans called for the final Italian Speaker Mike Johnson was
sure he had the numbers. Late last night, though fine
Republicans suggested they would kill the bill and not even
allow a vote to happen. Then Trump was wheeled in.
This was the middle of the night. There was a
(01:16):
flurry of phone calls with Trump. He got them all
in tow Here's what some of the Republican critics of
the bill said until Trump jumped in.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
It is unconsgable. I'll vote against it here and I'll
vote against it on the floor until we get it right.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
I'll tell you the last minute changes in the Senate,
like literally the very last amendment probably added another one
hundred billion dollars to that deficit by adding in some
of the green new scam subsidies. The bottom line is
this is not ready for prime time.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
And we believe it falls short.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
We believe that it will create too much spending and
that is too much in the way of deficits.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Yeah, these are Republicans talk talk talk when it came
to making actual votes on adding five point four to
five trillion to the dead or knocking maybe twelve point
eight million people of health care for the poor meankicking
many of food money. All three of those individuals cave
to report today from Morgan Stanley says, with its debt spiking,
the US dollar is on track for the worst year
in its modern history. Probably can Speaker Mike Johnson then
(02:16):
move for the final vote while praising the president.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Our bold, visionary, fearless President Donald J.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Trump, Rah rah, while his Democratic counterpart quoted the late
civil rights leader doctor Martin Luther King on the need
to quote unquote press on to fight.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Press on for working class Americans, press on for the
middle class, press on for all who aspire to be
part of the middle class. Press on for the poor,
press on for the sick, press on for the afflictive,
press on for the lease, press on for the loss,
press on for the left behind, press on for the
(02:56):
rule of law, press on for the American way of life,
for democracy. We're going to press on until victory is wide.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
So yeah, this is an eight hours, forty four minutes
plus into the thing. Speaker Johnson ridiculed all of that,
celaborately putting down a folder of notes when he's spoken
what we've seen as mocking his counterpart. Now, I guess
it's sound a messaging and the lead up to the
mid terms. Twenty twenty six, Trump gets his fourth of
July victory lap. The bill does include two hundred and
eighty seven billion New zealand more for immigration enforcement. There's
(03:30):
word today that Los Angeles has called off some of
their Independence Day celebrations bid deportation fears. Since Trump's ice,
immigration agents have boosted their round us with sixteen hundred
and eighteen arrest so far in La alone. Parts of
the city are almost a ghost town. Many people are
staying home and the Fourth of July block party that
usually happens in the city's Grand Park Council.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
All right, mate, you have a good July fourth, Richard
Arnold state side. And speaking of which, by the way,
the barbecue cost of a barbecue a cookout as they
call it, from a congressional report, the cost of a
typical grocery trip for a cookout this year's is up
by twelve point seven percent. Six packs of Miller Lite
and Cores up thirteen percent. That's beer, of course, they
looked at Walmart Popular products track their prices between April
(04:14):
and June. Imported beers up ten and a half percent.
The Coleman foldable camping chairs increase forty seven point seven percent,
of twenty five piece griddle accessories kits up seventeen point
seven percent. Of banana boat sunscreen that's a point one
Reynolds wrap aluminium foil six point nine. The Weber propane
gas grill that's up five percent, the multi pack of
disposable plates and utensils three point three percent. It's expensive
(04:36):
to barbecue.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
For more from The mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to
News Talk Set B from six am weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
Richard Arnold stateside, mourning.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Good morning, Might I got there? Yeah, no surprise. Trump
muscled through his megabill with a razor sin margin. But
a win's a win, right. Two Republicans voted against this thing.
That was expected. They could lose only three, so it
was pretty close, as you said a short time ago,
two hundred and eighteen to two hundred and fourteen votes,
mostly party line. As soon as this was announced, there
(00:24):
was raucous cheering from the Republican.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Side without objection. The motion to reconsider is laid on
the team, a.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Bit like a football game. I guess. There was lots
of drama throughout the entire process, but ultimately Trump bullied
the vast majority of House Republicans into signing on to
what he calls his Big Beautiful Bill and Democrats call
his big ugly Bill. It all climates with a record
breaking speech by the Democratic leader in the House of King,
jeffrees who spoke for eight hours, forty four minutes and
(00:56):
count them twenty five seconds, so longer than anyone in
any house speed which ever, still it only delayed the vote,
didn't derail it. As soon as the big speech was done,
Republicans called for the final Italian Speaker Mike Johnson was
sure he had the numbers. Late last night, though fine
Republicans suggested they would kill the bill and not even
allow a vote to happen. Then Trump was wheeled in.
This was the middle of the night. There was a
(01:16):
flurry of phone calls with Trump. He got them all
in tow Here's what some of the Republican critics of
the bill said until Trump jumped in.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
It is unconsgable. I'll vote against it here and I'll
vote against it on the floor until we get it right.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
I'll tell you the last minute changes in the Senate,
like literally the very last amendment probably added another one
hundred billion dollars to that deficit by adding in some
of the green new scam subsidies. The bottom line is
this is not ready for prime time.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
And we believe it falls short.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
We believe that it will create too much spending and
that is too much in the way of deficits.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Yeah, these are Republicans talk talk talk when it came
to making actual votes on adding five point four to
five trillion to the dead or knocking maybe twelve point
eight million people of health care for the poor meankicking
many of food money. All three of those individuals cave
to report today from Morgan Stanley says, with its debt spiking,
the US dollar is on track for the worst year
in its modern history. Probably can Speaker Mike Johnson then
(02:16):
move for the final vote while praising the president.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Our bold, visionary, fearless President Donald J.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Trump, Rah rah, while his Democratic counterpart quoted the late
civil rights leader doctor Martin Luther King on the need
to quote unquote press on to fight.
Speaker 4 (02:33):
Press on for working class Americans, press on for the
middle class, press on for all who aspire to be
part of the middle class. Press on for the poor,
press on for the sick, press on for the afflictive,
press on for the lease, press on for the loss,
press on for the left behind, press on for the
(02:56):
rule of law, press on for the American way of life,
for democracy. We're going to press on until victory is wide.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
So yeah, this is an eight hours, forty four minutes
plus into the thing. Speaker Johnson ridiculed all of that,
celaborately putting down a folder of notes when he's spoken
what we've seen as mocking his counterpart. Now, I guess
it's sound a messaging and the lead up to the
mid terms. Twenty twenty six, Trump gets his fourth of
July victory lap. The bill does include two hundred and
eighty seven billion New zealand more for immigration enforcement. There's
(03:30):
word today that Los Angeles has called off some of
their Independence Day celebrations bid deportation fears. Since Trump's ice,
immigration agents have boosted their round us with sixteen hundred
and eighteen arrest so far in La alone. Parts of
the city are almost a ghost town. Many people are
staying home and the Fourth of July block party that
usually happens in the city's Grand Park Council.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
All right, mate, you have a good July fourth, Richard
Arnold state side. And speaking of which, by the way,
the barbecue cost of a barbecue a cookout as they
call it, from a congressional report, the cost of a
typical grocery trip for a cookout this year's is up
by twelve point seven percent. Six packs of Miller Lite
and Cores up thirteen percent. That's beer, of course, they
looked at Walmart Popular products track their prices between April
(04:14):
and June. Imported beers up ten and a half percent.
The Coleman foldable camping chairs increase forty seven point seven percent,
of twenty five piece griddle accessories kits up seventeen point
seven percent. Of banana boat sunscreen that's a point one
Reynolds wrap aluminium foil six point nine. The Weber propane
gas grill that's up five percent, the multi pack of
disposable plates and utensils three point three percent. It's expensive
(04:36):
to barbecue.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
For more from The mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to
News Talk Set B from six am weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio
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