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BREAKING: Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Passes Senate

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After days of marathon negotiations and high-stakes wrangling behind closed doors, Senate Republicans have succeeded in passing President Donald Trump’s signature legislative package, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” by the narrowest of margins. The final tally: 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote to deliver Trump one of the most sweeping legislative victories of either of his terms.

The bill, a massive consolidation of Trump’s second-term priorities, reads like a wish list of conservative reforms—cutting taxes, tightening border enforcement, slashing bureaucracy, and refocusing government spending toward what Trump has called “the forgotten American worker.”

At its core, the measure makes permanent the tax cuts from Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. That includes keeping individual and corporate tax rates at their reduced levels and expanding the standard deduction by $1,000 for individuals, $1,500 for heads of household, and $2,000 for married couples through 2028.

In a move Trump heavily promoted on the campaign trail, the bill also eliminates federal taxes on tips and overtime pay, a provision aimed squarely at service and hourly workers. Supporters say it will translate to immediate, visible relief for millions of Americans living paycheck to paycheck.

The legislation goes further by increasing the child tax credit, exempting car loan interest and Social Security benefits from payroll tax calculations, and pumping billions into rural hospitals and manufacturing zones across the Midwest.

However, some critics view the bill in a very different light.

Democrats, and even a handful of Republicans, argue the legislation is a time bomb for the federal budget and a gut punch to the country’s most vulnerable populations. The bill raises the federal debt ceiling by $4 trillion and is projected by the Congressional Budget Office to add between $2.4 trillion and $3.8 trillion to the national deficit over the next ten years.

Additional cuts target food stamp access and school meal programs, sparking fierce pushback from advocacy groups.

The bill also hands $50 billion to immigration enforcement, authorizing new border wall construction and hiring 10,000 additional ICE agents. On climate and education policy, the act slashes funding for green energy programs and student loan forgiveness, while freezing state-level AI regulations for the next decade.

Still, Trump and his allies remain defiant, celebrating the bill’s passage as a return to common-sense governance and a rejection of “woke” federal overreach.

With Senate passage secured, the bill now heads back to the House for final procedural approval before landing on President Trump’s desk for signature, likely before the July 4th holiday.