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7 things Senate Republicans hate about the House megabill
The House spent weeks in painstaking negotiations to be able to pass President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” early Thursday morning. Now, Senate Republicans are preparing to put it through a buzzsaw.
Even after Speaker Mike Johnson urged senators to minimize their tweaks to the House’s product — and maximize the chances of squeezing it through the House a second time — Senate GOP leaders have made clear their members have their own ideas.
“They cobbled together a very delicate balance over there … but, you know, the Senate will have its imprint on it,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said of House Republicans. “They’ve got to do what they can get 218 for, and we’ve got to do what we can get 51 for.”
Republicans in both chambers have been working quietly behind the scenes to try to move the House bill closer to the Senate’s druthers — including on defense funding — to avoid an ugly clash, and they believe there will be large areas of overlap. There have also been preliminary conversations to vet proposals for compliance with the Senate rules to avert a showdown with the parliamentarian.
But Senate Republicans are also making it clear they’re not happy with many policy choices their House counterparts made in order to get the bill through their chamber. With an informal July 4 deadline fast looming, here are seven features of the House bill some GOP senators want to change.
Even after Speaker Mike Johnson urged senators to minimize their tweaks to the House’s product — and maximize the chances of squeezing it through the House a second time — Senate GOP leaders have made clear their members have their own ideas.
“They cobbled together a very delicate balance over there … but, you know, the Senate will have its imprint on it,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said of House Republicans. “They’ve got to do what they can get 218 for, and we’ve got to do what we can get 51 for.”
Republicans in both chambers have been working quietly behind the scenes to try to move the House bill closer to the Senate’s druthers — including on defense funding — to avoid an ugly clash, and they believe there will be large areas of overlap. There have also been preliminary conversations to vet proposals for compliance with the Senate rules to avert a showdown with the parliamentarian.
But Senate Republicans are also making it clear they’re not happy with many policy choices their House counterparts made in order to get the bill through their chamber. With an informal July 4 deadline fast looming, here are seven features of the House bill some GOP senators want to change.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/22/megabill-senate-republican-changes-00366407
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