Lindsey McPherson

Senate Republicans make changes to tax and Medicaid provisions in ‘big, beautiful bill’

Senate Republicans on Monday released the largest piece of President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" with key changes from the House version, like making permanent a set of priority business tax breaks and lowering provider taxes that states use to inflate the federal government's share of Medicaid payments.

June 16, 2025

Secret Service set to get funding boost in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

The Secret Service is poised to receive a significant funding boost in Republicans' "Big, Beautiful Bill" for increased resources needed to protect President Trump and other top officials.

June 13, 2025

House passes $9.4 billion in DOGE cuts to foreign aid, public broadcasting

The House on Thursday narrowly voted to cut $9.4 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funding after a minor revolt from a handful of moderate Republicans.

June 12, 2025

Rand Paul, Stephen Miller spar over border wall funding

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said Wednesday the completion of President Trump's wall along the southern border can be built for less than the $46.5 billion that the House provided for that purpose in the "big, beautiful bill."

June 11, 2025

Senate scales back House plan for states to share costs of SNAP food benefits

The Senate is watering down a House proposal from the "big, beautiful bill" that would have forced states to start contributing at least 5% of food stamp benefit costs.

June 11, 2025

House Republicans get vexed about cutting public broadcasting, anti-AIDS programs

House Republicans are raising concerns about cuts to public broadcasting and an AIDS prevention program that are part of a $9.4 billion package of spending reductions scheduled for a vote Thursday.

June 11, 2025

House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green to exit midterm for private sector job

Rep. Mark Green, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, announced Monday that he will retire early from Congress to pursue a job in the private sector.

June 9, 2025

Trump’s time left in office guides key provisions of massive agenda bill

President Trump has always been at the center of the GOP's "big, beautiful bill," but the House made his imprint even greater by drafting policies that center around his remaining time in office.

June 9, 2025

GOP appropriator announces opposition to cutting public broadcast funding ahead of House vote

A House Republican appropriator is teaming up with Democrats to oppose a $1.1 billion budget cut that would virtually eliminate taxpayer funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

June 9, 2025

Trump praises GOP senators for reaching deal on spectrum auction in Big Beautiful Bill

President Trump thanked the chairmen of two Senate committees for brokering a deal with GOP Sens. Mike Rounds of South Dakota and Deb Fischer of Nebraska on a provision in his massive tax-and-defense "Big Beautiful Bill" to auction a portion of the government-owned spectrum for commercial use.

June 6, 2025

Senate Republicans hold broadband funds hostage, dangle $42B to snooker states on AI regulations

Senate Republicans aim to keep state and local governments from regulating artificial intelligence for the next decade as part of President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act -- but with a notable change from the House version.

June 6, 2025

Senate Republicans want to reopen SALT deal but worry about House margins

Senate Republicans are considering whether to lower the House-proposed $40,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, as they work on changes to President Trump's "big, beautiful bill."

June 4, 2025

Trump calls for bipartisan congressional action to eliminate the debt limit

President Trump on Wednesday called for Congress to eliminate the debt limit so neither party can continue to use it as a political weapon.

June 4, 2025

Senate Republicans want ‘more robust’ spending cuts in Trump agenda bill

Senate Republicans are plotting ways to cut more spending than their House counterparts did in President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" as concerns about the measure's deficit impact mount inside and outside of the Capitol.

June 3, 2025

White House pledges executive action on Medicaid in the coming weeks, Rep. Chip Roy says

Rep. Chip Roy said Thursday he felt comfortable voting for President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," in part, because the White House promised executive orders to address some of the lawmaker's concerns about Medicaid spending.

May 22, 2025

WATCH: What’s in the big, beautiful bill?

The House early Thursday passed President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" containing sweeping tax and spending cuts, funding for border security and the national defense and policy changes designed to spur American energy production.

May 22, 2025

House Republicans tweak ‘big, beautiful bill’ ahead of floor vote

House Republicans late Wednesday unveiled changes to the massive bill carrying President Trump's agenda, as they prepare for a floor vote on the measure early Thursday.

May 21, 2025

House GOP leaders forge on with plans for late Wednesday or early Thursday vote on Trump agenda bill

House Republican leaders vowed to bring President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to the floor late Wednesday or early Thursday, after shutting down a push from the House Freedom Caucus to secure more changes.

May 21, 2025

Debt hawks spar with blue-state Republicans over tentative SALT deal

A tentative deal to quadruple the existing $10,000 cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT, is irritating conservatives who are seeking steeper spending cuts in Republicans' "big, beautiful bill."

May 21, 2025

House Freedom Caucus pushes GOP leaders to delay vote on Trump agenda

Hard-line conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus are pushing GOP leaders to delay plans for a Wednesday vote on the "big, beautiful bill" carrying President Trump's agenda.

May 21, 2025