00:00Republican U.S. Senator Tom Tillis said on Sunday he will not seek re-election next year,
00:06a day after President Donald Trump said he would consider supporting challengers to Tillis
00:10in response to his vote against the White House's signature tax cut bill.
00:15Tillis was one of two Republican senators on Saturday to vote against opening debate on Trump's
00:20sweeping tax cut and spending bill, a procedural step necessary to advance the legislation.
00:25His North Carolina seat is seen as one of the few competitive Senate races in the 2026 midterm
00:31elections, when control of both chambers of Congress will be at stake. Trump on Sunday welcomed
00:38Tillis' move. Great news. Senator Tom Tillis will not be seeking re-election, he said in a truth social
00:45post. U.S. Senate on June 29th narrowly moved ahead with Trump's ambitious, one big beautiful bill for
00:53debate with a 51 to 29 vote. However, Trump's bill received fierce criticism from Senate minority
01:00leader Chuck Schcommer. Look, Republicans can use whatever budgetary gimmicks they want to try and
01:07make the math work on paper, but you can't paper over the real-life consequences of adding tens of
01:14trillions to the debt.
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