Th Senate has passed the Republican bill to cut taxes for the rich, and cut Medicaid assistance for the poor.
The bill returns to the US House.
If the US House passes the Senate version of the bill, it will be sent to Trump to sign into law.
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
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Senate Republicans pacify holdouts to pass Trump’s big bill – now to the House
Sweeping policy bill had tumultuous road to passage in Senate – will final version play well with US voters?Chris Stein (The Guardian)
Jason Beets
in reply to Jason Beets • • •For my entire life, the Republican party has prioritized cutting taxes for the rich, and demonizing government assistance to the poor.
This has been a constant of American politics for decades.
It has long been a consequential and enduring difference between Republicans and Democrats in the US.
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Jason Beets
in reply to Jason Beets • • •Republicans fight for the rich.
Democrats fight for everyone else.
This fundamental dynamic has not changed during the Trump era, not even a little bit.
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Winter Trabex
in reply to Jason Beets • • •Jason Beets
in reply to Winter Trabex • • •@trabex
Chris Van Hollen visited Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador; Bernie, AOC, and Walz held great town halls; and Cory Booker gave an impassioned record-breaking speech in the Senate.
I'd love to see the Democrats fighting more often and more effectively, but I'm glad there's been at least some meaningful pushback.
Winter Trabex
in reply to Jason Beets • • •To me, it feels many of them, especially at the local level, are just rolling over. They seem unprepared for the moment we find ourselves in.
They should be building a strategy to destroy the Republican Party by having another Nuremburg Trial.
Instead, too many of them are just out there like, "Well, this is bad."
And then, the worst of it is the Democrats who want to lean conservative just so they can win more votes, ie Keir Starmer.