Winners and losers of “Big Beautiful Bills”
These are the potential winners and losers of the tax bills that President Donald Trump called the “big beautiful bill.”
Just as the Senate fought over whether or not to start a debate over President Donald Trump’s Megaville, several key Republican allies spent part of their afternoon golf with the president at a club near Northern Virginia.
Trump, CIA director John Ratcliffe, Missouri GOP Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, played golf hours before the Senate voted to discuss what is called a “big beautiful bill.”
Graham posted photos of himself and Trump on social media, just like he gave a thumbs up to camera. Graham said in the post he partnered with Trump and Paul to defeat Schmidt and Ratcliffe.
“I’m proud to not announce the victim,” Graham wrote. “So much fun! A big, beautiful bill along the way.”
Schmidt posted similar photos of himself and the president, writing, “I wrote a big week for President Trump and crushed it on the golf course this morning.”
White House spokesman Caroline Leavitt told reporters about 2pm that the president would close his lunch and leave the course about 25 miles from the White House soon.
Senate Republican leaders began debate on June 28 that they expected to be in favor of the 990-page bill by June 29 or 30 votes.
All Democrats are expected to vote no on massive legislative packaging, but the open question of getting caught up in the debate is whether enough Republicans will end up supporting the Senate version, which will send it back to the House.
Trump asked Congress to send him a bill that he had completed to sign by July 4th.
The Megaville is packed with tax cuts, Medicaid reforms, border patrol funds, and includes promises from Trump and the Republican Party from several signature campaigns.
Kathryn Palmer is a national trending news reporter for USA Today. You can contact her kapalmer@usatoday.com And with x @Kathrynplmr.
