Republican support wanes as Senate overhauls key provisions in 'big, beautiful bill'

Republican support wanes as Senate overhauls key provisions in ‘big, beautiful bill’


The Senate Finance Committee put out its version of the “big, beautiful bill,” and support from Republican lawmakers is already beginning to slip.

The House version of the bill narrowly passed in a 215-214 vote in May after weeks of tumultuous negotiations. The House then sent the bill over to the Senate, where the Finance Committee made key changes to several tax provisions in the bill, once again provoking various ideological factions within the GOP.

‘Yeah, I will not vote for this.’

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One of the most contested changes was lowering the SALT cap from the House’s $40,000 cap back down to $10,000 in the Senate. The

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